幾
jǐjī HSK1

how much

几 (幾) jǐ frequency
several numeral
an indefinite small number or a few

桌子上有几本书。

zhuō​zi shàng yǒu jǐ běn shū.

There are a few books on the table.

how many numeral
interrogative pronoun used to ask about a small quantity, typically less than ten

你家有几口人？

nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?

How many people are there in your family?

几 (幾) jī
almost adverb

他当时悲伤过度，几至昏厥。

tā dāng​shí bēi​shāng guò​dù, jī zhì hūn​jué.

He was so overcome with grief at the time that he almost fainted.

Frequency
Character
Written text
211th most common 994.1 per million
Movie subtitles
269th most common 622.4 per million appears in 94% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
668.6 per million appears in 90% of films
Written text
532.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
几
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+5E7E

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