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弛

chí

Character

What 弛 means

1. to unstring a bow
2. to slacken
3. to relax
4. to loosen

Words starting with 弛

• 弛缓chí huǎnto relax; to slacken; to ease; (physics) relaxation (in nuclear magnetic resonance)
• 弛张热chí zhāng rèremittent fever

Words containing 弛

• 松弛sōng chíto relax; relaxed; limp
• 废弛fèi chíto fall into disuse (of laws, customs etc); to neglect
• 张弛zhāng chítension and relaxation
• 懈弛xiè chíslack (discipline)
• 松弛法sōng chí fǎrelaxation (alternative medicine)
• 肌肉松弛剂jī ròu sōng chí jìmuscle relaxant (medicine)

Characters built on 也

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

• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 池chípond; reservoir; moat
• 驰chíto run fast; to speed; to gallop
• 酏yíelixirs; sweet wine

Characters that look like 弛

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

• 他tā(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his…
• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 批pīto ascertain; to act on; to criticize
• 张zhāngto open up; to spread; sheet of paper
• 杨yángpoplar

Sounds the same

Read chí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 迟late; delayed; slow
• 持to hold; to grasp; to support
• 池pond; reservoir; moat
• 驰to run fast; to speed; to gallop
• 匙spoon
• 坻islet; rock in river
• 篪bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes
• 踟used in 踟蹰
• 茌used in 茌平
• 蚳ant eggs
• 墀courtyard
• 箎bamboo flute with 8 holes