zhí
grow, reproduce
Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 直 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*N-tək | dzyik | zhí | grow, flourish (v.) |
*m-tək | dzyik | zhí | plant (v.) |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 5.3340% of movies
2341st most common character in movies
1438th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+6B96 |
Shuowen | “殖，脂膏久，殖也。从歺，直聲。” |
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