zhī

weave

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

只 sound component

  Sound component

zhǐzhī

  

only

Evolution

织 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
织 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
织 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
织 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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zhī

weave, knit; organize, unite; to weave; to knit

Most common words with 织
Freq.
Word
Meaning

组织

to organize

to weave

纺织

spinning and weaving

纺织品

textile

编织

to weave

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 28.1916% of movies

1093rd most common character in movies

578th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

Unicode

U+7EC7


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