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埴

zhí

Character

What 埴 means

1. soil with large clay content

Characters built on 直

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

• 置zhìto install; to place; to put
• 值zhívalue; (to be) worth; to happen to
• 殖zhíto grow; to reproduce
• 植zhíto plant
• 稙zhíearly-planted crop

Sounds the same

Read zhí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 职office; duty
• 值value; (to be) worth; to happen to
• 植to plant
• 直straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 执to execute (a plan); to grasp
• 殖to grow; to reproduce
• 侄brother's son; nephew
• 跖metatarsus; (literary) sole of the foot; (literary) to tread on
• 踯used in 踯躅
• 秷sound of reaping
• 摭pick up; to select
• 稙early-planted crop