瓷
chinaware; porcelain; china
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,431 U+74F7
How 瓷 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
瓦 (semantic, “pottery”) + 次 (phonetic, cì)
How to remember it
porcelain · Heisig RSH #2118
secondary + 瓦 tile
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 |
| 咨 | zī | to inquire, to consult, to discuss; to plan |
| 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 瓷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青花瓷 | qīng huā cí | blue and white porcelain |
| 半导瓷 | bàn dǎo cí | semiconducting ceramic (electronics) |
| 卫生陶瓷 | wèi shēng táo cí | chamber pot; commode |
| 薄胎瓷器 | bó tāi cí qì | eggshell china |
| 精密陶瓷 | jīng mì táo cí | fine ceramics (used for dental implants, synthetic bones, electronics, knife blades etc); … |
| 白瓷 | bái cí | blanc de chine (porcelain) |
| 瓷器 | cí qì | chinaware; porcelain |
| 瓷实 | cí shi | (dialect) firm; robust |
| 青瓷 | qīng cí | celadon (pottery) |
| 骨瓷 | gǔ cí | bone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash) |
| 陶瓷器 | táo cí qì | pottery; chinaware |
| 碰瓷儿 | pèng cí r | erhua form of 碰瓷[peng4 ci2] |
| 瓷娃娃 | cí wá wa | porcelain doll; (fig.) person with osteogenesis imperfecta |
| 瓷瓶 | cí píng | porcelain bottle |
| 陶瓷 | táo cí | pottery and porcelain; ceramics |
| 瓷砖 | cí zhuān | ceramic tile |
| 瓷碗 | cí wǎn | porcelain bowl |
| 碰瓷 | pèng cí | (coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained dama… |
| 搪瓷 | táng cí | enamel |
| 瓷釉 | cí yòu | porcelain glaze |