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孜

zī

Character

What 孜 means

1. used in {孜孜|zī zī}

Words starting with 孜

• 孜孜不倦zī zī bù juànlit. diligent and never slacking (idiom); continuous concentrated effort…
• 孜孜zī zīdiligent; hardworking; industrious
• 孜然zī rán(loanword from Uyghur) cumin (Cuminum cyminum)
• 孜孜以求zī zī yǐ qiúdiligent and tireless (idiom)
• 孜然芹zī rán qíncumin
• 孜孜矻矻zī zī kū kūdiligently

Words containing 孜

• 克孜勒Kè zī lèKyzyl, capital of Tuva 图瓦
• 喜孜孜xǐ zī zīpleased; happy
• 拉孜县Lā zī XiànLhatse, a county in Shigatse City 日喀则市
• 江孜县Jiāng zī XiànGyantse, a county in Shigatse City 日喀则市
• 甘孜县Gān zī XiànGarzê, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州
• 董阳孜Dǒng Yáng zīGrace Tong (Tong Yangtze) (1942-), Taiwanese calligrapher
• 达孜区Dá zī QūDagzê, a district of Lhasa City 拉萨市
• 柯尔克孜Kē ěr kè zīKyrgyz ethnic group
• 桑珠孜区Sāng zhū zī QūSamzhubzê, a district of Shigatse City 日喀则市
• 乌孜别克Wū zī bié kèUzbek ethnic group
• 克孜勒苏河Kè zī lè sū HéQizilsu or Kizilsu River in Xinjiang
• 柯尔克孜族Kē ěr kè zī zúKyrgyz ethnic group
• 柯尔克孜语Kē ěr kè zī yǔKyrghiz language
• 乌孜别克族Wū zī bié kè zúUzbek ethnic group
• 乌孜别克语Wū zī bié kè yǔUzbek language
• 克孜尔尕哈Kè zī ěr gǎ hāKizilgaha, site of a famous fire beacon tower and cliff caves in Kuqa, Aksu Prefecture…
• 克孜尔千佛洞Kè zī ěr qiān fó dòngKezil thousand-Buddha grotto in Baicheng 拜城, Aksu 阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
• 甘孜藏族自治州Gān zī Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōuGarzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan Province 四川省
• 克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州Kè zī lè sū Kē ěr kè zī Zì zhì zhōuKizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区
• 柏孜克里克千佛洞Bó zī kè lǐ kè Qiān fó dòngthe Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang
• 拉孜Lā zīsee 拉孜县
• 江孜Jiāng zīsee 江孜县
• 甘孜Gān zīsee 甘孜藏族自治州; see 甘孜县
• 达孜Dá zīsee 达孜区

Characters built on 攵

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

• 敌dí(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist…
• 敉mǐpeaceful

Characters that look like 孜

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

• 股gǔthigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share
• 败bàito defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)
• 役yìforced labor; corvée; obligatory task
• 驶shǐ(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go…
• 牧mùto herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old)
• 坎kǎnpit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦

Sounds the same

Read zī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 资resources; capital; to provide
• 咨(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
• 姿beauty; disposition; looks
• 滋to grow; to nourish; to increase
• 兹(literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
• 缁Buddhists; black silk; dark
• 仔used in 仔肩
• 吱(onomatopoeia) chirp; squeak; creak
• 谘simplified form of 諮…
• 龇to bare (one's teeth)
• 淄black; name of a river
• 孳industrious; produce; bear