峙
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(literary) to tower aloft
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Dict coverage rank #3,452 U+5CD9
How 峙 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
山 (semantic, “mountain”) + 寺 (phonetic, sì)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 寺
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 寺 (sì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寺 sound component | sì | court, office; temple, monastery |
| 特 | tè | special, unique, distinguished |
| 持 | chí | to hold, to support, to sustain |
| 诗 | shī | poetry; poem, verse, ode |
| 侍 | shì | to serve, to attend upon; servant, attendant; samurai |
| 恃 | shì | to trust, to rely on; to presume |
| 痔 | zhì | piles, hemorrhoids |
Words containing 峙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 核对峙 | hé duì zhì | nuclear stalemate |
| 繁峙县 | Fán shì Xiàn | Fanshi, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市[Xin1 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 对峙 | duì zhì | (of mountains etc) to stand facing each other; (fig.) to confront each other |
| 雄峙 | xióng zhì | to stand imposingly |
| 繁峙 | Fán shì | see 繁峙縣|繁峙县[Fan2 shi4 Xian4] |
| 鼎峙 | dǐng zhì | (literary) to form a tripartite confrontation |
| 渊渟岳峙 | yuān tíng yuè zhì | (idiom) to have a serene yet formidable demeanor; to have a commanding presence |