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淄

zī

Character

What 淄 means

1. black
2. name of a river

Words starting with 淄

• 淄博市Zī bó ShìZibo, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山东省
• 淄川区Zī chuān QūZichuan, a district of Zibo City 淄博市
• 淄蠹zī dùto be worn out
• 淄博Zī bósee 淄博市
• 淄川Zī chuānsee 淄川区

Words containing 淄

• 临淄区Lín zī QūLinzi, a district of Zibo City 淄博市
• 临淄Lín zīsee 临淄区

Characters built on 甾

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

• 辎zīcovered wagon; military supply wagon
• 锱zīancient weight; one-eighth of a tael
• 鲻zīmullet
• 缁zīBuddhists; black silk; dark

Characters that look like 淄

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

• 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits
• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 颁bānto promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain
• 湄méi(literary) shore; coast; bank

Sounds the same

Read zī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 资resources; capital; to provide
• 咨(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
• 姿beauty; disposition; looks
• 滋to grow; to nourish; to increase
• 兹(literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
• 缁Buddhists; black silk; dark
• 孜used in 孜孜
• 仔used in 仔肩
• 吱(onomatopoeia) chirp; squeak; creak
• 谘simplified form of 諮…
• 龇to bare (one's teeth)
• 孳industrious; produce; bear