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雉

zhì

Character

What 雉 means

1. ringed pheasant

Words starting with 雉

• 雉鸡zhì jī(bird species of China) common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
• 雉鹑zhì chún(bird species of China) chestnut-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus)

Words containing 雉

• 山雉shān zhìpheasant
• 水雉shuǐ zhì(bird species of China) pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
• 血雉xuè zhì(bird species of China) blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus)
• 棕尾虹雉zōng wěi hóng zhì(bird species of China) Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus)
• 灰孔雀雉huī kǒng què zhì(bird species of China) grey peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum)
• 灰腹角雉huī fù jiǎo zhì(bird species of China) Blyth's tragopan (Tragopan blythii)
• 红胸角雉hóng xiōng jiǎo zhì(bird species of China) satyr tragopan (Tragopan satyra)
• 红腹角雉hóng fù jiǎo zhì(bird species of China) Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii)
• 绿尾虹雉lǜ wěi hóng zhì(bird species of China) Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii)
• 铜翅水雉tóng chì shuǐ zhì(bird species of China) bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus)
• 黄腹角雉huáng fù jiǎo zhì(bird species of China) Cabot's tragopan (Tragopan caboti)
• 黑长尾雉hēi cháng wěi zhì(bird species of China) mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado)
• 黑头角雉hēi tóu jiǎo zhì(bird species of China) western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)
• 海南孔雀雉Hǎi nán kǒng què zhì(bird species of China) Hainan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae)
• 白冠长尾雉bái guān cháng wěi zhì(bird species of China) Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
• 白尾梢虹雉bái wěi shāo hóng zhì(bird species of China) Sclater's monal (Lophophorus sclateri)
• 白颈长尾雉bái jǐng cháng wěi zhì(bird species of China) Elliot's pheasant (Syrmaticus ellioti)
• 黑颈长尾雉hēi jǐng cháng wěi zhì(bird species of China) Mrs. Hume's pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae)
• 四川雉鹑Sì chuān zhì chún(bird species of China) buff-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii)

Characters built on 矢

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

• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 疾jí(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 疑yí(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
• 矣yǐclassical final particle, similar to modern 了
• 肄yìto learn; to practice or study (old)
• 彘zhìswine

Characters that look like 雉

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

• 滩tānbeach; shoal; rapids
• 雄xióngmale; staminate; grand
• 雌cífemale; Taiwan pr. cī
• 稚zhìinfantile; young
• 雏chú(bound form) chick; young bird
• 潍wéiname of a river

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