茨
Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,720 U+8328
How 茨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “grass”) + 次 (phonetic, cì)
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 |
| 姿 | zī | grace, good looks; bearing, poise, posture |
| 瓷 | cí | china, crockery, porcelain |
| 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 茨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圣基茨和尼维斯 | Shèng jī cí hé Ní wéi sī | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 普列谢茨克卫星发射场 | Pǔ liè xiè cí kè Wèi xīng Fā shè chǎng | Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia |
| 阿尔茨海默病 | ā ěr cí hǎi mò bìng | Alzheimer's disease |
| 阿尔茨海默氏病 | ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì bìng | Alzheimer's disease |
| 阿尔茨海默症 | ā ěr cí hǎi mò zhèng | Alzheimer's disease |
| 阿尔茨海默氏症 | ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì zhèng | Alzheimer's disease |
| 茨万吉拉伊 | Cí wàn jí lā yī | Morgan Tsvangirai (1952-2018), Zimbabwean politician |
| 伊尔库茨克 | Yī ěr kù cí kè | Irkutsk |
| 比尔·盖茨 | Bǐ ěr · Gài cí | Bill Gates (1955-), co-founder of Microsoft |
| 格拉茨 | Gé lā cí | Graz (city in Austria) |
| 阿尔茨海默 | Ā ěr cí hǎi mò | Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist |
| 莱布尼茨 | Lái bù ní cí | Leibniz (name); Gottfriend Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), German mathematician and philo… |
| 阿茨海默症 | ā cí hǎi mò zhèng | Alzheimer's disease |
| 科茨沃尔德 | Kē cí wò ěr dé | the Cotswolds (England) |
| 波茨坦会议 | Bō cí tǎn huì yì | Potsdam conference, July-August 1945, between Truman, Stalin and British prime ministers C… |
| 博茨瓦纳 | Bó cí wǎ nà | Botswana |
| 托洛茨基 | Tuō luò cí jī | Leon Trotsky (1879–1940), a leader in the Russian Revolution in 1917 |
| 普列谢茨克 | Pǔ liè xiè cí kè | Plesetsk, settlement in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia |
| 波茨坦公告 | Bō cí tǎn Gōng gào | Potsdam Declaration |
| 罗伯茨 | Luó bó cí | Roberts |