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孳

zī

Character

What 孳 means

1. industrious
2. produce
3. bear

Words starting with 孳

• 孳乳zī rǔto multiply (kinds, difficulties); to reproduce; to derive (compounds)
• 孳息zī xīinterest (from an investment, esp. an endowment)
• 孳生zī shēngto breed; to multiply
• 孳孳zī zīvariant of 孜孜

Characters built on 兹

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

• 滋zīto grow; to nourish; to increase
• 磁címagnetic; magnetism; porcelain
• 慈cícompassionate; gentle; merciful
• 鹚cíused in 鸬鹚
• 糍cíused in 糍粑
• 嵫zīsee 崦嵫

Characters that look like 孳

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

• 婴yīnginfant; baby
• 琴qínguqin 古琴; musical instrument in general
• 粟sùmillet; (metonym) grain
• 犁líplow
• 掣chèto pull; to draw; to pull back
• 覃tándeep

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
• 孜used in 孜孜
• 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