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彘

zhì

Character

What 彘 means

1. swine

Words containing 彘

• 杀彘教子shā zhì jiào zǐto kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example

Characters built on 矢

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

• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 疾jí(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 疑yí(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
• 矣yǐclassical final particle, similar to modern 了
• 雉zhìringed pheasant
• 肄yìto learn; to practice or study (old)

Sounds the same

Read zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 至to arrive; most; to
• 质character; nature; quality
• 志aspiration; ambition; the will
• 制system; to control; to regulate
• 治to rule; to govern; to manage
• 置to install; to place; to put
• 致(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 智(literary) wise; wisdom
• 秩(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 滞(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
• 帜flag
• 挚sincere