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趑

zī

Character

What 趑 means

1. to falter
2. unable to move

Words starting with 趑

• 趑趄zī jūto advance with difficulty; to hesitate to advance
• 趑趄不前zī jū bù qiánhesitant and not daring to move forward (idiom)
• 趑趄嗫嚅zī jū niè rúfaltering steps, mumbling speech (idiom); hesitant; cringing; to cower

Characters built on 次

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

• 资zīresources; capital; to provide
• 咨zī(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
• 茨cíCaltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
• 瓷cíchinaware; porcelain; china
• 姿zībeauty; disposition; looks
• 恣zìto abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)
• 佽cìnimble; to help
• 絘cìancient tax in the form of bales of cloth

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
• 缁Buddhists; black silk; dark
• 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