激
jī HSK4

excite, provoke

激 jī
to arouse verb
To arouse, stimulate, or incite; to provoke someone into an emotional response.

有人激我敢不敢从桥上跳进河里。

yǒu rén jī wǒ gǎn bù​gǎn cóng qiáo shang tiào jìn hé li.

Somebody dared me to jump off the bridge into the river.

fierce adjective
(bound form) Sharp, fierce, or violent; sudden and rapid.
to chill noun
To chill food or drinks by placing them in cold water.
to surge
To surge, dash, or splash up when water hits an obstacle or is shaken; to churn.
to fall ill
To fall ill or catch a cold due to sudden exposure to cold water or rain.
Ji
A Chinese surname.

Frequency
Character
Written text
710th most common 272.5 per million
Movie subtitles
628th most common 218.6 per million appears in 66% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
7.75 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
12.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
16
Unicode
U+6FC0

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)