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芷

zhǐ

Character

What 芷 means

1. angelica (type of iris)
2. plant root used in TCM

Words starting with 芷

• 芷江侗族自治县Zhǐ jiāng Dòng zú Zì zhì xiànZhijiang Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 怀化市
• 芷江Zhǐ jiāngsee 芷江侗族自治县
• 芷江县Zhǐ jiāng Xiànsee 芷江侗族自治县

Words containing 芷

• 白芷bái zhǐDahurian angelica (Angelica dahurica); root of Dahurian angelica (used in TCM)

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
• 祉zhǐfelicity
• 趾zhǐtoe

Characters that look like 芷

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

• 芝zhīZoysia pungens
• 茎jīngstalk; stem
• 芸yúncommon rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 苋xiànamaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)…
• 茔yíng(literary) a grave
• 苴jū(hemp); sack cloth

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
• 趾toe
• 酯ester
• 祉felicity
• 咫8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 枳(orange); hedge thorn