侄
brother's son; nephew
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,953 U+4F84
How 侄 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 至 (phonetic, zhì)
How to remember it
nephew · Heisig RSH #2091
人 person + 至 until
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 至
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 至 (zhì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 至 sound component | zhì | reach, arrive; very, extremely |
| 室 | shì | house, home; room, chamber |
| 致 | zhì | to send; to present, to deliver; to cause; consequence |
| 蛭 | zhì | leech |
| 郅 | zhì | to grow, to flourish; superlative |
| 窒 | zhì | to obstruct, to stop |
| 耋 | dié | aged; in one's eighties |
| 轾 | zhì | the back of a cart |
| 咥 | xì | the sound of a cat; to laugh; to bite |
| 桎 | zhì | shackles, fetters, handcuffs |
| 垤 | dié | anthill; hill mound |
Words containing 侄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表侄女 | biǎo zhí nǚ | daughter of a male cousin via female line |
| 侄孙女 | zhí sūn nǚ | grand niece |
| 侄子 | zhí zi | brother's son; nephew |
| 侄儿 | zhí ér | see 姪子|侄子[zhi2 zi5] |
| 侄女 | zhí nǚ | brother's daughter; niece |
| 表侄 | biǎo zhí | son of a male cousin via female line |
| 堂侄 | táng zhí | nephew by the male line |
| 侄女婿 | zhí nǚ xu | brother's daughter's husband; niece's husband |
| 侄孙 | zhí sūn | grandnephew |
| 侄媳妇 | zhí xí fù | brother's son's wife; nephew's wife |