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跖

zhí

Character Traditional 蹠

What 跖 means

1. metatarsus
2. literarysole of the foot
3. literaryto tread on

Other readings

跖 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhívariant of {跖|zhí}

Words starting with 跖

• 跖骨zhí gǔmetatarsal bones; metatarsus

Words containing 跖

• 对跖点duì zhí diǎnantipode

Characters built on 石

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

• 磁címagnetic; magnetism; porcelain
• 矶jībreakwater; jetty
• 碧bìgreen jade; bluish green; blue
• 砌qìto build by laying bricks or stones
• 砾lì(bound form) gravel; small stone
• 硒xīselenium (chemistry)
• 矽xī(Taiwan) silicon (chemistry); Taiwan pr. xì
• 砒pīarsenic

Sounds the same

Read zhí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 职office; duty
• 值value; (to be) worth; to happen to
• 植to plant
• 直straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 执to execute (a plan); to grasp
• 殖to grow; to reproduce
• 侄brother's son; nephew
• 踯used in 踯躅
• 埴soil with large clay content
• 秷sound of reaping
• 摭pick up; to select
• 稙early-planted crop