Chinese Character Wiki

滋

zī

grow

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

water

兹 sound component

兹  Sound component

zī

  

now

Evolution

滋 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
滋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
滋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

滋  

zī

grow, multiply, increase; thrive; to grow; to nourish; to increase; to cause; juice; taste; (dialect) to spout; to spurt

Most common words with 滋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

滋味

taste

艾滋病

AIDS (loanword)

滋

to grow

滋润

moist

滋生

to breed

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]ə

tsi

zī

abundant


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 11.1165% of movies

1845th most common character in movies

1931st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+6ECB

Shuowen

“滋，益也。从水，茲聲。一曰滋水，出牛飲山白陘谷，東入呼沱。”


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