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祉

zhǐ

Character

What 祉 means

1. felicity

Words starting with 祉

• 祉禄zhǐ lùhappiness and wealth

Words containing 祉

• 福祉fú zhǐwell-being; welfare
• 降祉jiàng zhǐto send down blessings from heaven
• 遐祉xiá zhǐlasting blessings; lasting happiness

Characters built on 止

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

• 此cǐthis; these
• 企qǐ(bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to…
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 址zhǐ(bound form) site; location
• 齿chǐ(bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
• 耻chǐ(bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace
• 趾zhǐtoe
• 芷zhǐangelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM

Characters that look like 祉

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

• 社shè(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
• 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 扯chěto pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy
• 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit

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
• 咫8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 枳(orange); hedge thorn