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齿

chǐ

teeth

Simplified form of 齒. Pictograph of a mouth full of teeth. The sound component 止 was added later.

Components
止 sound component

止  Sound component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

𠚕 iconic,simplified component

𠚕  Iconic Simplified component

chǐ

  

teeth

Depicts a mouth full of teeth.

Evolution

齿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
齿 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
齿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Traditional script

Modern
齿 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

齿 (齒) 

chǐ

teeth; gears, cogs; age; KangXi radical 211; tooth; CL:顆|颗[kē]

Most common words with 齿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

牙齿

tooth

齿

tooth

齿轮

(machine) gear

锯齿

sawtooth

咬牙切齿

fuming with rage between gritted teeth

Component uses

Meaning component in 11 characters (2 verified)

龄 𱌮 龋 龈 龌 龇 龅 龉 龃 龆 龀

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

啮 龊

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 14.4962% of movies

1666th most common character in movies

1773rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

齒

Unicode

U+9F7F


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