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浙

Zhè

Character

What 浙 means

1. short name for Zhejiang {浙江|Zhè jiāng}

Other readings

浙 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zhèvariant of {浙|Zhè}

Example sentences

• 我是在浙江出生的。
  I was born in Zhejiang.

Words starting with 浙

• 浙江省Zhè jiāng ShěngZhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou 杭州市
• 浙江大学Zhè jiāng Dà xuéZhejiang University
• 浙菜Zhè càiZhejiang cuisine
• 浙赣Zhè GànZhejiang-Jiangxi
• 浙江Zhè jiāngsee 浙江省

Words containing 浙

• 江浙Jiāng ZhèJiangsu and Zhejiang (abbr. for 江苏
• 川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽Chuān Lǔ Yuè Sū Zhè Mǐn Xiāng Huīthe cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui…

Characters built on 折

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

• 哲zhéwise; a sage
• 蜇zhēto sting

Characters that look like 浙

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

• 渐jiàngradual; gradually
• 逛guàngto stroll; to visit
• 娠shēnpregnant
• 惭cánashamed
• 涸héto dry; to dry up
• 淅xī(onomatopoeia) sound of rain, sleet etc

Sounds the same

Read Zhè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 这(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this…
• 蔗sugar cane
• 柘a thorny tree; sugarcane; Cudrania triloba
• 鹧partridge; Francolinus chinensis
• 䗪Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis)
• 嗻(old) aye aye!
• 蟅locust; Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis)