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郅

zhì

Character

What 郅 means

1. extremely
2. very

Other readings

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

• Zhìsurname Zhi

Words starting with 郅

• 郅隆zhì lóngprosperous

Words containing 郅

• 王治郅Wáng Zhì zhìWang Zhizhi (1977-), former Chinese basketball player
• 臻于郅治zhēn yú zhì zhìto attain a state of perfect governance (idiom)

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
• 蛭zhìfluke; leech; hirudinea
• 轾zhìback and lower of chariot; short; low

Characters that look like 郅

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

• 耶yē(phonetic ye)
• 郎láng(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status
• 郡jùncanton; county; region
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 邳Pīsurname Pi; Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu; also pr. Péi
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…

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