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篪

chí

Character

What 篪 means

1. bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes

Words containing 篪

• 杨洁篪Yáng Jié chíYang Jiechi (1950-), Chinese politician and diplomat, foreign minister of PRC 2007-2013

Characters built on 竹

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

• 第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六…
• 籍jí(bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral…
• 笛díflute
• 篱lía fence
• 笠lìbamboo rain hat
• 笞chīto whip with bamboo strips
• 笈jítrunks (for books)
• 箕jīwinnow basket

Characters that look like 篪

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

• 篇piānsheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
• 簇cù(bound form) to cluster; to pile up; cluster; pile…
• 襄xiāng(literary) to assist
• 篝gōubamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
• 箴zhēnto warn; to admonish; variant of 针
• 蕨juéPteridium aquilinum; bracken

Sounds the same

Read chí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 迟late; delayed; slow
• 持to hold; to grasp; to support
• 池pond; reservoir; moat
• 驰to run fast; to speed; to gallop
• 匙spoon
• 弛to unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax
• 坻islet; rock in river
• 踟used in 踟蹰
• 茌used in 茌平
• 蚳ant eggs
• 墀courtyard
• 箎bamboo flute with 8 holes