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zhì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhì | zhi4
English translation
flag, pennant, sign; to fasten

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About zhì

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

zhì

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

curtain

Etymology of zhì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

巾戠

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

zhī

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and zhǐ represents the sound. Simplified form of zhì .

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Words with zhì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
旗帜 qízhì ensign旗幟
独树一帜 dú shù yī zhì to stand out獨樹一幟
旗帜鲜明 qí zhì xiān míng to show one's colors旗幟鮮明
zhì flag zhì
别树一帜 bié shù yī zhì to stand out別樹一幟
徽帜 huī zhì banner徽幟

zhì Decomposition & Compounds

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