咨
(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,889 U+54A8
How 咨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 次 (phonetic, cì)
How to remember it
consult with · Heisig RSH #481
secondary + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 次
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 次 (cì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 次 sound component | cì | order, sequence; second, next; one after the other |
| 资 | zī | wealth, property, capital |
| 茨 | cí | thatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris |
| 姿 | zī | grace, good looks; bearing, poise, posture |
| 瓷 | cí | china, crockery, porcelain |
| 恣 | zì | indulgent; unrestrained |
| 絘 | cì | a tax on rolls of cloth |
| 佽 | cì | to help, to aid |
| 粢 | zī | common millet; grain offered as a sacrifice |
Words containing 咨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国际电报电话咨询委员会 | Guó jì Diàn bào Diàn huà Zī xún Wěi yuán huì | International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) |
| 国情咨文 | guó qíng zī wén | speech delivered by a head of state to the legislature (e.g. (USA) State of the Union Addr… |
| 咨文 | zī wén | (old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank); report delivered … |
| 殊域周咨录 | Shū yù zhōu zī lù | Ming dynasty record (1574) of exploration and foreign relations |
| 咨商 | zī shāng | (Tw) consultation (on policy, trade etc); (psychological) counseling |
| 咨客 | zī kè | (service industry) reception staff |
| 同侪咨商 | tóng chái zī shāng | (Tw) peer counseling |
| 咨询员 | zī xún yuán | advisor; consultant |
| 咨请 | zī qǐng | to formally request (by means of an official communication 咨文[zi1 wen2]) |
| 咨询 | zī xún | variant of 諮詢|咨询[zi1 xun2] |
| 咨询 | zī xún | to inquire; to consult; to seek advice from |
| 咨嗟 | zī jiē | (literary) to sigh; to heave a sigh; (literary) to gasp in admiration |