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zhì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhì | zhi4
English translation
determination, will; mark, sign; to record, to write

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About zhì

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

zhì

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

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Etymology of zhì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言志

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

zhì

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and Shì represents the sound. In simplified Chinese zhì is also used to mean "sign; record", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character zhì .

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Words with zhì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
同志 tóngzhì comrade同志 tóngzhì
杂志 zázhì magazine雜誌
标志 biāozhì sign標誌
意志 yìzhì will意志 yìzhì
zhì sign zhì
志愿者 zhìyuànzhě volunteer志願者
志愿 zhì yuàn aspiration志願
日志 rì zhì journal日誌
斗志 dòu zhì will to fight鬥志
杂志社 zá zhì shè magazine publisher雜誌社
神志 shén zhì consciousness神志 shén zhì
励志 lì zhì to encourage勵志
志愿军 zhì yuàn jūn volunteer army志願軍
德意志 Dé yì zhì Germany德意志 Dé yì zhì
立志 lì zhì to be determined立志 lì zhì
志同道合 zhì tóng dào hé like-minded (idiom)志同道合 zhì tóng dào hé
林志玲 Lín Zhì líng Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress林志玲 Lín Zhì líng
志向 zhì xiàng ambition志向 zhì xiàng
志气 zhìqì ambition志氣
范志毅 Fàn Zhì yì Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player范志毅 Fàn Zhì yì
志趣 zhì qù inclination志趣 zhì qù

zhì Decomposition & Compounds

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