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缁

zī

Character Traditional 緇

What 缁 means

1. Buddhists
2. black silk
3. dark

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.

• 淄zīblack; name of a river
• 辎zīcovered wagon; military supply wagon
• 锱zīancient weight; one-eighth of a tael
• 鲻zīmullet

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
• 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)
• 淄black; name of a river
• 孳industrious; produce; bear