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徵

zhǐ

Character

What 徵 means

1. 4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale {五音|wǔ yīn}, corresponding to sol

Words containing 徵

• 变徵之声biàn zhǐ zhī shēngmodified fifth note of the pentatonic scale
• 宫商角徵羽gōng shāng jué zhǐ yǔpre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do…
• 含商咀徵hán shāng jǔ zhǐ(idiom) permeated with beautiful music
• 含宫咀徵hán gōng jǔ zhǐ(idiom) permeated with beautiful music

Characters that look like 徵

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

• 瞰kànto look down from a height; to spy on sth
• 橄gǎnused in 橄榄
• 踩cǎito step on; to tread; to stamp
• 颞nièbones of the temple (on the human head); see 颞颥, temple
• 羰tāngcarbonyl (radical)
• 橛juéa peg; low post

Sounds the same

Read zhǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 只only; merely; just
• 指finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 纸paper; classifier for documents, letters etc
• 止to stop; to prohibit; until
• 址(bound form) site; location
• 旨imperial decree; purport; aim
• 芷angelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM
• 趾toe
• 酯ester
• 祉felicity
• 咫8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 枳(orange); hedge thorn

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• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhǐ correctly.
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