be as diligent as possible

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
攵 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tap

is a component form of .

子 sound component

  Sound component

zi

  

child

Evolution

孜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
孜 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
孜 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
孜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

be as diligent as possible; hard-working; industrious

Most common words with 孜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

hard-working

孜孜不倦

assiduous (in study)

孜孜以求

diligent and tireless (idiom)

孜孜

diligent

甘孜

Garze or Kandze, capital of Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gān​zī​Zàng​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan