氏 - zhī - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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4 strokes
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氏

zhī

Definition

see 月氏 and 閼氏

Other pronunciations

shì

clan (name)
family (name)
graphic component (often seen in other characters)
radical (Kang Xi 83)
surname
maiden name

Character Decomposition

Compounds (15)

but; only

only; merely; just; but

派

pài

clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie

紙

zhǐ

paper; classifier (for documents, letter etc); measure word

昏

hūn

muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness

哌

pài

used in transliteration

氐

dǐ

foundation; on the whole

氐

dī

(name of an ancient) tribe

to lick; to lap (up)

see 黃芪

earth-spirit; peace

end of axle

sick

green-frog

trip; travel; to travel; brigade (army)

Related words (1)

閼氏

yān zhī

formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

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