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枳

zhǐ

Character

What 枳 means

1. (orange)
2. hedge thorn

Words starting with 枳

• 枳实zhǐ shídried fruit of immature citron or trifoliate orange (used in TCM)
• 枳壳zhǐ qiàobitter orange (Fructus aurantii) (used in TCM)

Characters built on 只

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

• 织zhīto weave; to knit
• 识shíto know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì
• 职zhíoffice; duty
• 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 帜zhìflag
• 炽chìto burn; to blaze; splendid
• 咫zhǐ8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 轵zhǐend of axle outside of hub

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
• 徵4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音
• 芷angelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM
• 趾toe
• 酯ester
• 祉felicity
• 咫8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty