• 404th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 191 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhì (zhi4)character • nature • quality • plain • to pawn • pledge • hostage • to question • Taiwan pr. [zhi2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhì (zhi4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

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Example Words

Common

优质 (優質)
品质 (品質)
本质 (本質)
气质 (氣質)
物质 (物質)
素质 (素質)
蛋白质 (蛋白質)
质疑 (質疑)
质量 (質量)

Uncommon

人质 (人質)
保质期 (保質期)
劣质 (劣質)
地质 (地質)
实质 (實質)
实质性 (實質性)
性质 (性質)
木质 (木質)
材质 (材質)
水质 (水質)
潜质 (潛質)
特质 (特質)
皮质 (皮質)
矿物质 (礦物質)
神经质 (神經質)
肉质 (肉質)
角质 (角質)
变质 (變質)
资质 (資質)
质问 (質問)
质地 (質地)
质感 (質感)
质朴 (質樸)
质检 (質檢)
质变 (質變)
钙质 (鈣質)
杂质 (雜質)
音质 (音質)
体质 (體質)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.