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祗

zhī

Character

What 祗 means

1. respectful (ly)

Characters built on 氐

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

• 低dīlow; beneath; to lower (one's head)
• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 邸dǐ(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official
• 诋dǐto defame; to slander
• 坻chíislet; rock in river
• 砥dǐbaffle (pier); whetstone
• 骶dǐ(bound form) sacrum

Characters that look like 祗

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

• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 桃táopeach
• 祇qígod of the earth
• 蚝háooyster
• 桓huánChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)
• 柩jiùbier

Sounds the same

Read zhī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 知to know; to be aware
• 支to support; to sustain; to erect
• 汁juice
• 织to weave; to knit
• 脂fat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 枝branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 肢limb
• 芝Zoysia pungens
• 吱(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 氏used in 月氏; used in 阏氏
• 只grain that has begun to ripen