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蛭

zhì

Character

What 蛭 means

1. fluke
2. leech
3. hirudinea

Words starting with 蛭

• 蛭石zhì shívermiculite

Words containing 蛭

• 水蛭shuǐ zhìleech
• 水蛭素shuǐ zhì sùhirudin
• 笄蛭jī zhìa kind of earthworm

Characters built on 至

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

• 室shìroom; work unit; grave
• 致zhì(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 侄zhíbrother's son; nephew
• 窒zhìto obstruct; to stop up
• 桎zhìfetters
• 郅zhìextremely; very
• 轾zhìback and lower of chariot; short; low

Characters that look like 蛭

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

• 蛙wāfrog
• 蜓tíngsee 蜻蜓
• 槌chuímallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)
• 眭suīto have a deep or piercing gaze
• 蜈wúused in 蜈蚣
• 蛞kuòused in 蛞蝼; used in 蛞蝓

Sounds the same

Read zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 至to arrive; most; to
• 质character; nature; quality
• 志aspiration; ambition; the will
• 制system; to control; to regulate
• 治to rule; to govern; to manage
• 置to install; to place; to put
• 致(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 智(literary) wise; wisdom
• 秩(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 滞(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
• 帜flag
• 挚sincere