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zhé

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zhé Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhé | zhe2
English translation
sage; wise, sagacious

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About zhé

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

zhé

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

Extremely lucky  also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of zhé

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

吉吉

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and shé represents the sound. Simplified form of zhé .

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Words with zhé

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
哲学 zhéxué philosophy哲學
zhé wise zhé
哲学家 zhé xué jiā philosopher哲學家
哲理 zhé lǐ philosophy哲理 zhé lǐ
哲人 zhé rén wise man哲人 zhé rén
范思哲 Fàn sī zhé Versace (fashion designer)范思哲 Fàn sī zhé
明哲保身 míng zhé bǎo shēn a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom)明哲保身 míng zhé bǎo shēn
麦哲伦 Mài zhé lún Magellan (1480-1521), Portuguese explorer麥哲倫
李哲 Lǐ Zhé Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗 Táng Zhōng zōng [Táng​Zhōng​zōng] (656-710), reigned 705-710李哲 Lǐ Zhé

zhé Decomposition & Compounds

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