Chinese surname · rank 112

季

季 is read as jì.

Pinyin

jì

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 季

Basic meaning

season; youngest brother

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Zhou lineage and birth-order naming traditions; Zhou lineage tradition, 1046-256 BCE

Place: Zhou-state lineages across the central plains

Origin note

Ji is a clear birth-order surname layer. In ancient naming, 季 could mark the youngest among brothers. Some descendants used such names as surnames.

Spring and Autumn period · Wu prince

A Wu prince remembered for virtue and ritual learning.

1911-2009 CE · scholar

A modern scholar of languages, history and culture.