A surname meaning 'season', from the ancient state of Ji.
What the character means
Season, time, growth
Why it scores this way
Easy to say88
Mostly easy. The only friction is j, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China45
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write80
8 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
Ji Xianlin — Scholar and linguist (1911–2009), master of Sanskrit and Buddhist studies.
Ji Bu — Ji Bu, a Western Han general famous for reliability; his word was so trusted that the idiom 'a promise worth a thousand gold' originated from him.
Ji Liang — Ji Liang was a Spring and Autumn period statesman of the Sui state, an early advocate of putting people's welfare before divine worship.