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蜘

zhī

Character

What 蜘 means

1. used in {蜘蛛|zhī zhū}

Example sentences

• 我怕蜘蛛。
  I'm afraid of spiders.
• 汤姆恨蜘蛛。
  Tom hates spiders.
• 我真怕蜘蛛。
  I'm really scared of spiders.
• 蜘蛛吃什么？
  What do spiders eat?
• 蜘蛛喜欢织网。
  Spiders like to build spiderwebs.
• 墙上有只蜘蛛。
  There's a spider on the wall.

Words starting with 蜘

• 蜘蛛zhī zhūspider
• 蜘蛛网zhī zhū wǎngcobweb; spider web
• 蜘蛛侠Zhī zhū xiáSpider-Man, comic book superhero
• 蜘蛛类zhī zhū lèiarachnid
• 蜘蛛星云Zhī zhū Xīng yúnTarantula Nebula
• 蜘蛛痣zhī zhū zhìarterial spider
• 蜘蛛人zhī zhū rén(colloquial) rope access technician; industrial climber; (esp.) high-rise window washer

Words containing 蜘

• 盲蜘蛛máng zhī zhūharvestman (arachnid of the order Opiliones)
• 红背蜘蛛hóng bèi zhī zhūredback spider

Characters built on 知

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

• 智zhì(literary) wise; wisdom
• 痴chīimbecile; sentimental; stupid
• 踟chíused in 踟蹰

Characters that look like 蜘

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

• 触chùto touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
• 蝙biānused in 蝙蝠
• 蝴húused in 蝴蝶
• 撇piēto cast away; to fling aside
• 楠nánMachilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood
• 蜍chúBufo vulgaris; toad

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
• 祗respectful (ly)