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zhī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhī | zhi1
English translation
to knit, to weave; to organize, to unite

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About zhī

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

zhī

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of zhī

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹戠

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhī

Explanation

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

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Words with zhī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
组织 zǔzhī to organize組織
zhī to weave zhī
纺织 fǎngzhī spinning and weaving紡織
纺织品 fǎng zhī pǐn textile紡織品
编织 biānzhī to weave編織
针织 zhēn zhī knitting針織
交织 jiāo zhī to interweave交織
组织者 zǔ zhī zhě organizer組織者
软组织 ruǎn zǔ zhī soft tissue軟組織
织物 zhī wù cloth織物
世贸组织 Shì mào Zǔ zhī WTO (World Trade Organization)世貿組織
世界卫生组织 Shì jiè Wèi shēng Zǔ zhī World Health Organization (WHO)世界衛生組織
组织学 zǔ zhī xué histology組織學
世界贸易组织 Shì jiè Mào yì Zǔ zhī World Trade Organization (WTO)世界貿易組織
纺织厂 fǎng zhī chǎng textile factory紡織廠
织布 zhī bù woven cloth織布
恐怖组织 kǒng bù zǔ zhī terrorist organization恐怖組織
经合组织 Jīng Hé Zǔ zhī abbr. for 經濟合作與發展組織|经济合作与发展组织 Jīng jì Hé zuò yǔ Fā zhǎn Zǔ zhī 經合組織
织机 zhī jī loom織機
教科文组织 Jiào Kē Wén Zǔ zhī UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization教科文組織
基地组织 Jī dì Zǔ zhī Al-Qaeda基地組織
组织法 zǔ zhī fǎ organic law組織法
结缔组织 jié dì zǔ zhī connective tissue結締組織
织布机 zhī bù jī loom織布機

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