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zhì

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zhì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhì | zhi4
English translation
to throw, to hurl, to fling, to cast

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About zhì

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

zhì

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of zhì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌鄭

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

zhèng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and Zhèng represents the sound. Simplified form of zhì .

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Words with zhì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhì to toss zhì
投掷 tóuzhì to hurl投擲
孤注一掷 gū zhù yī zhì to stake all on one throw孤注一擲
一掷千金 yī zhì qiān jīn extravagant一擲千金
掷地有声 zhì dì yǒu shēng to have substance擲地有聲
抛掷 pāo zhì to throw拋擲
掷骰子 zhì tóu zi to throw the dice擲骰子
掷还 zhì huán please return (an item sent in the mail)擲還
千金一掷 qiān jīn yī zhì extravagant千金一擲

zhì Decomposition & Compounds

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