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佽

cì

Character

What 佽 means

1. nimble
2. to help

Other readings

佽 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Cìsurname Ci

Characters built on 次

These share the phonetic component 次 (cì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 资zīresources; capital; to provide
• 咨zī(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
• 茨cíCaltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
• 瓷cíchinaware; porcelain; china
• 姿zībeauty; disposition; looks
• 恣zìto abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)
• 絘cìancient tax in the form of bales of cloth
• 趑zīto falter; unable to move

Characters that look like 佽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 饮yǐnto drink
• 坡pōslope; sloping; slanted
• 拨bōto push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate
• 牧mùto herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old)
• 佐zuǒto assist; assistant; aide
• 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix

Sounds the same

Read cì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 次next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc)
• 刺thorn; sting; thrust
• 伺used in 伺候
• 赐(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. sì
• 絘ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth
• 朿stab
• 莿Urtica thunbergiana
• 蛓(literary) caterpillar
• 刾old variant of 刺