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PINYIN INITIAL Z
Chinese characters starting with Z
Explore 780 Chinese characters whose standard Pinyin begins with Z. Open any character to hear its pronunciation, watch the stroke order, and create a printable practice sheet.
Examples in this index: 再 (zài), 在 (zài), 早 (zǎo), 怎 (zěn), 找 (zhǎo), 这 (zhè).
PINYIN SYLLABLES
Pronunciations starting with Z
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再zài6 strokesagain; once more; re-→在zài6 strokesto exist; to be alive→早zǎo6 strokesearly→怎zěn9 strokeshow→找zhǎo7 strokesto try to find→这zhè7 strokes(pronoun) this; these→真zhēn10 strokesreally→正zhèng5 strokesstraight→只zhī5 strokesonly; merely; just→知zhī8 strokesto know→中zhōng4 strokeswithin; among; in→钟zhōng9 strokesa (large) bell (CL:架[jia4])→住zhù7 strokesto live→桌zhuō10 strokestable→字zì6 strokesletter→子zǐ3 strokesson→租zū10 strokesto hire→昨zuó9 strokesyesterday→作zuò7 strokes(bound form) worker→坐zuò7 strokesto sit→做zuò11 strokesto make; to produce→站zhàn10 strokesstation→丈zhàng3 strokesmeasure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)→着zhe11 strokesa move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2])→周zhōu8 strokesto make a circuit→准zhǔn10 strokesto allow→自zì6 strokes(bound form) self; oneself→走zǒu7 strokesto walk→足zú7 strokes(bound form) foot; leg→最zuì12 strokesmost→左zuǒ5 strokesleft→咱zán9 strokesI or me→脏zāng10 strokesdirty→澡zǎo16 strokesbath→择zé8 strokesto select→展zhǎn10 strokesto spread out→张zhāng7 strokesto open up→照zhào13 strokesaccording to→者zhě8 strokes(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...→直zhí8 strokesstraight→纸zhǐ7 strokespaper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2])→重zhòng9 strokesto repeat→种zhǒng9 strokesseed→终zhōng8 strokesend→助zhù7 strokesto help→注zhù8 strokesto inject→主zhǔ5 strokesowner→总zǒng9 strokesgeneral; overall→嘴zuǐ16 strokesmouth→杂zá6 strokesmixed→仔zǎi5 strokes(bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young→暂zàn12 strokestemporary→则zé6 strokes(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then→责zé8 strokesduty→增zēng15 strokes(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to→账zhàng8 strokesaccount→章zhāng11 strokeschapter→招zhāo8 strokesto recruit→折zhé7 strokesto snap→针zhēn7 strokesneedle→证zhèng7 strokescertificate→整zhěng16 strokes(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly→争zhēng6 strokesto strive for→值zhí10 strokesvalue→职zhí11 strokesoffice→植zhí12 strokesto plant→至zhì6 strokesto arrive→志zhì7 strokesaspiration→质zhì8 strokescharacter→止zhǐ4 strokesto stop→址zhǐ7 strokesfoundation of a building (variant of 址[zhi3])→指zhǐ9 strokesfinger→之zhī3 strokes(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])→支zhī4 strokesto support→汁zhī5 strokesjuice→众zhòng6 strokes(bound form) crowd; multitude→洲zhōu9 strokescontinent→祝zhù9 strokesto pray for→著zhù11 strokesto make known→赚zhuàn14 strokesto earn→转zhuǎn8 strokesto turn→专zhuān4 strokesfor a particular person, occasion, purpose→装zhuāng12 strokesadornment→资zī10 strokesresources→族zú11 strokesrace→组zǔ8 strokesto form→尊zūn12 strokessenior→座zuò10 strokesseat→载zǎi10 strokesto record in writing→赞zàn16 strokesto patronize→造zào10 strokesto make→糟zāo17 strokesdregs→赠zèng16 strokesto give as a present→炸zhà9 strokesto deep fry→窄zhǎi10 strokesnarrow→摘zhāi14 strokesto take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)→占zhàn5 strokesto take possession of→战zhàn9 strokesto fight→涨zhǎng10 strokesto swell→掌zhǎng12 strokespalm of the hand→召zhào5 strokesto call together→哲zhé10 strokeswise→阵zhèn6 strokesdisposition of troops→震zhèn15 strokesto shake→诊zhěn7 strokesto examine or treat medically→珍zhēn9 strokesprecious thing→挣zhèng9 strokesto struggle to get free→政zhèng9 strokespolitical→征zhēng8 strokesjourney→执zhí6 strokesto execute (a plan)→制zhì8 strokessystem→治zhì8 strokesto rule→致zhì10 strokes(literary) to send; to transmit; to convey→智zhì12 strokes(literary) wise; wisdom→置zhì13 strokesto install→织zhī8 strokesto weave→竹zhú6 strokesbamboo→逐zhú10 strokes(bound form) to pursue→筑zhù12 strokesto build→煮zhǔ12 strokesto cook→猪zhū11 strokeshog→抓zhuā7 strokesto grab→状zhuàng7 strokesaccusation→撞zhuàng15 strokesto knock against→追zhuī9 strokesto sculpt→紫zǐ12 strokespurple→咨zī9 strokesto consult→姿zī9 strokesbeauty→综zōng11 strokesheddle→阻zǔ7 strokesto hinder→醉zuì15 strokesintoxicated→遵zūn15 strokesto observe→灾zāi7 strokesdisaster; calamity→噪zào16 strokes(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp→燥zào17 strokesdry; parched→遭zāo14 strokesto meet by chance (usually with misfortune)→扎zhā4 strokesto prick→宅zhái6 strokesresidence→崭zhǎn11 strokestowering→仗zhàng5 strokesweaponry→障zhàng13 strokesto block→镇zhèn15 strokesto press down→枕zhěn8 strokes(bound form) pillow→症zhèng10 strokesabdominal tumor→睁zhēng11 strokesto open (one's eyes)→侄zhí8 strokesbrother's son; nephew→殖zhí12 strokesto grow→秩zhì10 strokesorder→枝zhī8 strokesbranch→脂zhī10 strokesfat→肿zhǒng8 strokesto swell→骤zhòu17 strokessudden→州zhōu6 strokesprefecture→粥zhōu12 strokescongee→株zhū10 strokestree trunk→珠zhū10 strokesbead→诸zhū10 strokesall→砖zhuān9 strokesbrick→壮zhuàng6 strokesto strengthen→妆zhuāng6 strokes(of a woman) to adorn oneself→庄zhuāng6 strokesfarmstead→椎zhuī12 strokeshammer; mallet (variant of 槌[chui2])→捉zhuō10 strokesto clutch→粽zòng14 strokesrice dumplings wrapped in leaves→棕zōng12 strokespalm→踪zōng15 strokes(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks→奏zòu9 strokesto play music→祖zǔ9 strokesancestor→钻zuàn10 strokesto drill→罪zuì13 strokesguilt→砸zá10 strokesto smash→宰zǎi10 strokesto slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc)→栽zāi10 strokesto plant; to grow→攒zǎn19 strokesto collect→葬zàng12 strokesto bury (the dead)→赃zāng10 strokesstolen goods; loot; spoils→凿záo12 strokes(bound form) chisel→灶zào7 strokeskitchen stove→皂zào7 strokessoap→躁zào20 strokesimpatient; hot-tempered→枣zǎo8 strokes(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)→藻zǎo19 strokesaquatic grasses→泽zé8 strokespool→贼zéi10 strokesthief→闸zhá8 strokesold variant of 閘|闸[zha2]→诈zhà7 strokesto cheat→榨zhà14 strokesto press→眨zhǎ9 strokesto blink→渣zhā12 strokesslag (in mining or smelting)→债zhài10 strokesdebt→寨zhài14 strokesstronghold→绽zhàn11 strokesto burst open→湛zhàn12 strokesdeep→蘸zhàn22 strokesto dip in (ink, sauce etc)→斩zhǎn8 strokesto behead (as form of capital punishment)→盏zhǎn10 strokesa small cup→沾zhān8 strokesto moisten→瞻zhān18 strokesto gaze→帐zhàng7 strokes(bound form) curtain; tent; canopy→杖zhàng7 strokesa staff→胀zhàng8 strokesto swell; dropsical; swollen; bloated→彰zhāng14 strokesclear→兆zhào6 strokes(bound form) omen→罩zhào13 strokesto cover; to spread over→肇zhào14 strokesat first→沼zhǎo8 strokespond→辙zhé16 strokesrut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4])→遮zhē14 strokesto cover up (a shortcoming)→振zhèn10 strokesto shake→贞zhēn6 strokeschaste→侦zhēn8 strokesto scout→斟zhēn13 strokesto pour→郑zhèng8 strokesthe name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑[Xin1zheng4], a county-level city in Henan→拯zhěng9 strokesto raise→筝zhēng12 strokeszheng or guzheng, a long zither with moveable bridges, played by plucking the strings→蒸zhēng13 strokesto evaporate→帜zhì8 strokesflag→峙zhì9 strokesused in 繁峙[Fan2 shi4]→挚zhì10 strokessurname Zhi→掷zhì11 strokesto toss→窒zhì11 strokesto obstruct→滞zhì12 strokessluggish→稚zhì13 strokesinfantile→旨zhǐ6 strokesimperial decree→芝zhī6 strokesZoysia pungens→肢zhī8 strokeslimb→仲zhòng6 strokessecond month of a season→忠zhōng8 strokesloyal; devoted; faithful→衷zhōng10 strokesinner feelings→轴zhóu9 strokesaxis→宙zhòu8 strokeseternity→昼zhòu9 strokesdaytime→皱zhòu10 strokesto wrinkle→帚zhǒu8 strokesbroom→舟zhōu6 strokesboat→烛zhú10 strokescandle→贮zhù8 strokesto store→驻zhù8 strokesto halt→柱zhù9 strokespillar→蛀zhù11 strokestermite→铸zhù12 strokesto cast or found metals→拄zhǔ8 strokesto lean on→嘱zhǔ15 strokesto enjoin→瞩zhǔ17 strokesto gaze at→朱zhū6 strokessurname Zhu→爪zhuǎ4 strokesfoot of a bird or animal→拽zhuài9 strokesto throw→撰zhuàn15 strokesto compose→幢zhuàng15 strokesclassifier for buildings→桩zhuāng10 strokesstump; stake; pile→坠zhuì7 strokesto fall→缀zhuì11 strokesto sew→赘zhuì14 strokes(bound form) superfluous→灼zhuó7 strokesto burn; to sear; to scorch→卓zhuó8 strokessurname Zhuo→茁zhuó8 strokesto display vigorous, new growth→浊zhuó9 strokesturbid→酌zhuó10 strokesto pour wine→琢zhuó12 strokesused in 琢磨[zuo2 mo5]→拙zhuō8 strokesawkward→籽zǐ9 strokesseeds→兹zī9 strokesnow→滋zī12 strokesto grow→纵zòng7 strokesvertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1])→宗zōng8 strokesschool→揍zòu12 strokesto hit; to beat (sb)→咀zuǐ8 strokesto chew→雜zá18 strokesChinese character→咋zǎ8 strokesdialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zen3me5]→帀zā4 strokesChinese character→匝zā5 strokes(literary) to encircle; to go around; to surround→咂zā8 strokesto sip→拶zā9 strokes(literary) to force; to coerce→臜zā20 strokesChinese character→臢zā23 strokesChinese character→載zài13 strokesChinese character→崽zǎi12 strokeschild→災zāi7 strokesChinese character→甾zāi8 strokessteroid nucleus→哉zāi9 strokes(exclamatory or interrogative particle)→暫zàn15 strokesChinese character→錾zàn16 strokesto engrave→贊zàn19 strokesChinese character→瓒zàn20 strokeslibation cup→讚zàn26 strokesChinese character→昝zǎn9 strokessurname Zan→攢zǎn22 strokesChinese character→趱zǎn23 strokesto hasten→糌zān15 strokeszanba, Tibetan barley bread→簪zān18 strokeshairpin→奘zàng10 strokesfat→臟zàng22 strokesChinese character→驵zǎng8 strokespowerful horse→臧zāng14 strokesgood→贓zāng21 strokesChinese character→髒zāng23 strokesChinese character→鑿záo28 strokesChinese character→唣zào10 strokesused in 囉唣|啰唣[luo2 zao4]→喿zào13 strokeschirping of birds→簉zào16 strokesdeputy→竈zào21 strokesChinese character→蚤zǎo9 strokesflea→棗zǎo12 strokesChinese character→蹧zāo18 strokesChinese character→迮zé8 strokeshaste→則zé9 strokesChinese character→啧zé11 strokes(interj. of admiration or of disgust)→帻zé11 strokesturban→笮zé11 strokesboard under tiles on roof→舴zé11 strokesused in 舴艋[ze2meng3]→責zé11 strokesChinese character→嘖zé14 strokesChinese character→箦zé14 strokesreed mat→赜zé15 strokesmysterious→擇zé16 strokesChinese character→澤zé16 strokesChinese character→仄zè4 strokesto tilt→昃zè8 strokesafternoon→賊zéi13 strokesChinese character→鲗zéi14 strokescuttlefish→鰂zéi20 strokesChinese character→谮zèn14 strokesto slander→譖zèn19 strokesChinese character→锃zèng12 strokespolished→鋥zèng15 strokesChinese character→甑zèng16 strokescauldron→贈zèng19 strokesChinese character→憎zēng15 strokesto detest→缯zēng15 strokesto tie→罾zēng17 strokeslarge square net→繒zēng18 strokesChinese character→札zhá5 strokesthin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China)→铡zhá11 strokeslever-style guillotine→閘zhá13 strokesChinese character→乍zhà5 strokesat first→吒zhà6 strokesused for the sound "zha" in the names of certain legendary figures (e.g. 哪吒[Ne2 zha1])→咤zhà9 strokesused in 叱咤[chi4zha4]→奓zhà9 strokesto open→柞zhà9 strokesoak→痄zhà10 strokesmumps→蚱zhà11 strokesgrasshopper→詐zhà12 strokesChinese character→霅zhà15 strokessurname Zha→苲zhǎ9 strokesChinese character→砟zhǎ10 strokesfragments→哳zhā10 strokesused in 嘲哳[zhao1zha1] and 啁哳[zhao1zha1]→紥zhā10 strokesChinese character→紮zhā11 strokesChinese character→喳zhā12 strokesused in 喳喳[cha1cha5]→揸zhā12 strokesto stretch fingers out→楂zhā13 strokesfell trees→劄zhā14 strokesto prick with a needle→皻zhā16 strokesold variant of 齇[zha1]→齄zhā23 strokesChinese character→翟zhái14 strokessurname Di→砦zhài11 strokesChinese character→債zhài13 strokesChinese character→瘵zhài16 strokesfocus of tubercular infection→斋zhāi10 strokesto fast or abstain from meat, wine etc→齋zhāi17 strokesChinese character→佔zhàn7 strokesChinese character→栈zhàn9 strokesa wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle→棧zhàn12 strokesChinese character→綻zhàn14 strokesChinese character→戰zhàn16 strokesChinese character→飐zhǎn9 strokesto sway in the wind→斬zhǎn11 strokesChinese character→搌zhǎn13 strokesto sop up→盞zhǎn13 strokesChinese character→嶄zhǎn14 strokesChinese character→颭zhǎn14 strokesChinese character→輾zhǎn17 strokesChinese character→毡zhān9 strokesfelt (fabric)→旃zhān10 strokesfelt→栴zhān10 strokesused in 栴檀[zhan1tan2]→詹zhān13 strokes(literary) verbose→谵zhān15 strokes(literary) to rant; to rave; to be delirious→霑zhān16 strokesChinese character→氈zhān17 strokesChinese character→譫zhān20 strokesChinese character→鳣zhān21 strokessturgeon (old)→鱣zhān24 strokesChinese character→帳zhàng11 strokesChinese character→脹zhàng12 strokesChinese character→嶂zhàng14 strokescliff→幛zhàng14 strokeshanging scroll→賬zhàng15 strokesChinese character→瘴zhàng16 strokesmalaria→仉zhǎng4 strokessurname Zhang→漲zhǎng14 strokesChinese character→張zhāng11 strokesChinese character→鄣zhāng13 strokesplace name→嫜zhāng14 strokeshusband's father→漳zhāng14 strokesZhang river in Fujian→獐zhāng14 strokesriver deer→樟zhāng15 strokescamphor→璋zhāng15 strokesjade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭[gui1], also given to male infants to play with→蟑zhāng17 strokescockroach→鱆zhāng22 strokesChinese character→诏zhào7 strokes(literary) to admonish→赵zhào9 strokessurname Zhao→笊zhào10 strokesloosely woven bamboo ladle→棹zhào12 strokesoar (archaic)→詔zhào12 strokesChinese character→趙zhào14 strokesChinese character→爫zhǎo4 strokes"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87)→钊zhāo7 strokesto encourage→昭zhāo9 strokesbright→炤zhāo9 strokessurname Zhao→釗zhāo10 strokesChinese character→辄zhé11 strokesthen→喆zhé12 strokesChinese character→蛰zhé12 strokesto hibernate→谪zhé13 strokesto relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China)→摺zhé14 strokesdocument folded in accordion form→輒zhé14 strokesChinese character→磔zhé15 strokesold term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4]→蟄zhé17 strokesChinese character→謫zhé18 strokesChinese character→轍zhé19 strokesChinese character→柘zhè9 strokesa thorny tree→浙zhè10 strokesabbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China→這zhè10 strokesChinese character→蔗zhè14 strokessugar cane→鹧zhè16 strokespartridge→鷓zhè22 strokesChinese character→啫zhě11 strokesused in 啫哩[zhe3 li1]→锗zhě13 strokesgermanium (chemistry)→赭zhě15 strokesocher→褶zhě16 strokespleat→蜇zhē13 strokesto sting→圳zhèn6 strokes(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. [zun4])→陣zhèn9 strokesChinese character→鸩zhèn9 strokeslegendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison→朕zhèn10 strokes(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we")→赈zhèn11 strokesto provide relief→賑zhèn14 strokesChinese character→鴆zhèn15 strokesChinese character→鎮zhèn18 strokesChinese character→姫zhěn9 strokesJapanese variant of 姬→轸zhěn9 strokessquare→畛zhěn10 strokesborder→疹zhěn10 strokesmeasles→診zhěn12 strokesChinese character→軫zhěn12 strokesChinese character→缜zhěn13 strokesfine and dense→稹zhěn15 strokesto accumulate→鬒zhěn20 strokesbushy black hair→帧zhēn9 strokesframe→浈zhēn9 strokesriver in Guangdong province→胗zhēn9 strokesgizzard→貞zhēn9 strokesChinese character→桢zhēn10 strokesevergreen shrub→砧zhēn10 strokesanvil→祯zhēn10 strokesauspicious→針zhēn10 strokesChinese character→偵zhēn11 strokesChinese character→幀zhēn12 strokesChinese character→湞zhēn12 strokesChinese character→楨zhēn13 strokesChinese character→溱zhēn13 strokesname of a river→甄zhēn13 strokesto distinguish→禎zhēn13 strokesChinese character→蓁zhēn13 strokesabundant, luxuriant vegetation→榛zhēn14 strokes(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)→禛zhēn14 strokesto receive blessings in a sincere spirit→箴zhēn15 strokesto warn→臻zhēn16 strokesto arrive→诤zhèng8 strokesto admonish→鄭zhèng14 strokesChinese character→證zhèng19 strokesChinese character→氶zhěng5 strokesChinese character→怔zhēng8 strokes(dialect) to stare blankly; to be in a daze→爭zhēng8 strokesChinese character→峥zhēng9 strokesexcel→狰zhēng9 strokeshideous→烝zhēng10 strokesmultitudinous→钲zhēng10 strokesgong used to halt troops→崢zhēng11 strokesChinese character→掙zhēng11 strokesChinese character→猙zhēng11 strokesChinese character→铮zhēng11 strokesclang of metals→睜zhēng13 strokesChinese character→箏zhēng14 strokesChinese character→錚zhēng16 strokesChinese character→癥zhēng20 strokesChinese character→姪zhí9 strokesChinese character→埴zhí11 strokessoil with large clay content→執zhí11 strokesChinese character→絷zhí12 strokesto connect→跖zhí12 strokesmetatarsus→戠zhí13 strokesto gather→摭zhí14 strokespick up→踯zhí15 strokesused in 躑躅|踯躅[zhi2zhu2]→職zhí18 strokesChinese character→躑zhí21 strokesChinese character→忮zhì7 strokes(literary) (bound form) jealous→豸zhì7 strokesworm-like invertebrate→帙zhì8 strokessurname Zhi→炙zhì8 strokesto broil→郅zhì8 strokesextremely→栉zhì9 strokescomb→陟zhì9 strokesto advance→桎zhì10 strokesfetters→袟zhì10 strokessurname Zhi→贽zhì10 strokesgifts to superiors→轾zhì10 strokesback and lower of chariot→乿zhì11 strokesarchaic variant of 亂|乱[luan4]→痔zhì11 strokespiles→鸷zhì11 strokesfierce→彘zhì12 strokesswine→痣zhì12 strokesbirthmark→蛭zhì12 strokesfluke→骘zhì12 strokesa stallion→廌zhì13 strokesunicorn→輊zhì13 strokesChinese character→雉zhì13 strokesringed pheasant→滯zhì14 strokesChinese character→製zhì14 strokesChinese character→誌zhì14 strokesChinese character→幟zhì15 strokesChinese character→摯zhì15 strokesChinese character→膣zhì15 strokesvagina→觯zhì15 strokesgoblet→質zhì15 strokesChinese character→踬zhì15 strokesto stumble→緻zhì16 strokesChinese character→擲zhì17 strokesChinese character→櫛zhì17 strokesChinese character→贄zhì18 strokesChinese character→騭zhì19 strokesChinese character→躓zhì22 strokesChinese character→鷙zhì22 strokesChinese character→夂zhǐ3 strokes"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters→芷zhǐ7 strokesangelica (type of iris)→祉zhǐ8 strokesfelicity→咫zhǐ9 strokes8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty→枳zhǐ9 strokes(orange)→衹zhǐ9 strokesrobe of a Buddhist monk or nun→轵zhǐ9 strokesend of axle outside of hub→紙zhǐ10 strokesChinese character→趾zhǐ11 strokestoe→黹zhǐ12 strokesembroidery→酯zhǐ13 strokesester→徴zhǐ14 strokesJapanese variant of 徵|征→徵zhǐ15 strokes4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wu3yin1], corresponding to sol→卮zhī5 strokesgoblet→吱zhī7 strokes(onom.) creaking or groaning→巵zhī7 strokesChinese character→栀zhī9 strokesgardenia→祗zhī9 strokesrespectful (ly)→胝zhī9 strokesused in 胼胝[pian2zhi1]→隻zhī10 strokesChinese character→梔zhī11 strokesChinese character→椥zhī12 strokesused in 檳椥|槟椥[Bin1 zhi1]→稙zhī13 strokesearly-planted crop→蜘zhī14 strokesused in 蜘蛛[zhi1zhu1]→織zhī18 strokesChinese character→蘵zhī22 strokesPhysalis angulata→眾zhòng11 strokesChinese character→衆zhòng12 strokesChinese character→冢zhǒng10 strokesmound→塚zhǒng13 strokesChinese character→腫zhǒng13 strokesChinese character→種zhǒng14 strokesChinese character→踵zhǒng16 strokesto arrive→彸zhōng7 strokesrestless, agitated→柊zhōng9 strokesused in 柊葉|柊叶[zhong1ye4]→盅zhōng9 strokeshandleless cup→舯zhōng10 strokesChinese character→終zhōng11 strokesChinese character→锺zhōng14 strokesnonstandard simplified variant of 鍾|钟[zhong1]→螽zhōng17 strokes(grasshopper)→鍾zhōng17 strokesChinese character→鐘zhōng20 strokesChinese character→妯zhóu8 strokesused in 妯娌[zhou2 li5]→軸zhóu12 strokesChinese character→碡zhóu14 strokesstone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc)→纣zhòu6 strokesZhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣[zhou4], the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)→咒zhòu8 strokesincantation→绉zhòu8 strokescrepe→冑zhòu9 strokesChinese character→紂zhòu9 strokesChinese character→胄zhòu9 strokeshelmet→荮zhòu9 strokes(dialect) to wrap with straw→酎zhòu10 strokesstrong wine→晝zhòu11 strokesChinese character→皺zhòu15 strokesChinese character→籀zhòu19 strokes(literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period→驟zhòu24 strokesChinese character→肘zhǒu7 strokeselbow→诌zhōu7 strokesto make up (a story)→啁zhōu11 strokesused in 啁哳[zhao1 zha1]→週zhōu11 strokesChinese character→赒zhōu12 strokesto give to the needy→賙zhōu15 strokesChinese character→謅zhōu17 strokesChinese character→朮zhú5 strokesChinese character→竺zhú8 strokessurname Zhu→舳zhú11 strokespoopdeck→瘃zhú13 strokeschilblain→燭zhú17 strokesChinese character→躅zhú20 strokesused in 躑躅|踯躅[zhi2zhu2]→伫zhù6 strokesto stand for a long time→佇zhù7 strokesChinese character→苎zhù7 strokesBoehmeria nivea→杼zhù8 strokesshuttle of a loom→壴zhù9 strokessurname Zhu→炷zhù9 strokeswick of an oil lamp→苧zhù9 strokes(used as a bound form in 薴烯|苧烯[ning2 xi1], limonene)→疰zhù10 strokesChinese character→註zhù12 strokesChinese character→貯zhù12 strokesChinese character→箸zhù14 strokes(literary) chopsticks→翥zhù14 strokesto soar→駐zhù15 strokesChinese character→築zhù16 strokesChinese character→鑄zhù22 strokesChinese character→丶zhǔ1 strokes"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3), aka 點|点[dian3]→渚zhǔ11 strokesislet→麈zhǔ16 strokesleader of herd→囑zhǔ24 strokesChinese character→矚zhǔ26 strokesChinese character→侏zhū8 strokesdwarf→诛zhū8 strokesto put (a criminal) to death→邾zhū8 strokessurname Zhu→洙zhū9 strokessurname Zhu→茱zhū9 strokesused in 茱萸[zhu1yu2]→硃zhū11 strokesChinese character→铢zhū11 strokestwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)→蛛zhū12 strokes(bound form) spider→誅zhū13 strokesChinese character→槠zhū14 strokesQuercus glanca→潴zhū14 strokespool→銖zhū14 strokesChinese character→橥zhū15 strokesZelkova acuminata→諸zhū15 strokesChinese character→豬zhū15 strokesChinese character→櫫zhū19 strokesChinese character→撾zhuā15 strokesChinese character→啭zhuàn11 strokesto sing (of birds or insects)→篆zhuàn15 strokesseal (of office)→馔zhuàn15 strokesfood→篹zhuàn16 strokesto compose→賺zhuàn17 strokesChinese character→饌zhuàn20 strokesChinese character→囀zhuàn21 strokesChinese character→籑zhuàn21 strokesold variant of 撰[zhuan4]→孨zhuǎn9 strokes(Internet slang) the three 子's that symbolize success in life: a house, a car and a wife (房子[fang2 zi5], 車子|车子[che1 zi5] and 妻子[qi1 zi5])→轉zhuǎn18 strokesChinese character→叀zhuān8 strokesChinese character→耑zhuān9 strokesChinese character→專zhuān11 strokesChinese character→颛zhuān15 strokesgood→磚zhuān16 strokesChinese character→顓zhuān18 strokesChinese character→鱄zhuān22 strokessurname Zhuan→壯zhuàng7 strokesChinese character→狀zhuàng8 strokesChinese character→戇zhuàng28 strokesChinese character→妝zhuāng7 strokesChinese character→莊zhuāng11 strokesChinese character→裝zhuāng13 strokesChinese character→樁zhuāng15 strokesChinese character→惴zhuì12 strokesanxious→缒zhuì12 strokesto let down with a rope→墜zhuì14 strokesChinese character→綴zhuì14 strokesChinese character→贅zhuì18 strokesChinese character→隹zhuī8 strokesshort-tailed bird→骓zhuī11 strokessurname Zhui→锥zhuī13 strokescone→錐zhuī16 strokesChinese character→騅zhuī18 strokesChinese character→準zhǔn13 strokesChinese character→肫zhūn8 strokesgizzard→窀zhūn9 strokesto bury→谆zhūn10 strokesrepeatedly (in giving advice)→諄zhūn15 strokesChinese character→叕zhuó8 strokesto join together→斫zhuó9 strokesto chop→丵zhuó10 strokesthick grass→浞zhuó10 strokes(coll.) to drench→诼zhuó10 strokesto complain→啄zhuó11 strokesto peck→斲zhuó14 strokesChinese character→禚zhuó14 strokesplace name→濁zhuó16 strokesChinese character→擢zhuó17 strokesto pull out→濯zhuó17 strokesto wash→镯zhuó18 strokesbracelet→鐲zhuó21 strokesChinese character→倬zhuō10 strokesnoticeable→涿zhuō11 strokesplace name→恣zì10 strokesto abandon restraint→牸zì10 strokesfemale of domestic animals→渍zì11 strokesto soak→眥zì11 strokesChinese character→眦zì11 strokes(anatomy) corner of the eye; canthus→漬zì14 strokesChinese character→姊zǐ7 strokesolder sister→秭zǐ9 strokesbillion→耔zǐ9 strokeshoe up soil around plants→茈zǐ9 strokesused in 鳧茈|凫茈[fu2ci2]→笫zǐ10 strokesbamboo mat→梓zǐ11 strokesChinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items→滓zǐ13 strokes(bound form) dregs; sediment→孜zī7 strokesused in 孜孜[zi1zi1]→茲zī10 strokesChinese character→赀zī10 strokesto estimate→淄zī11 strokesblack→缁zī11 strokesBuddhists→谘zī11 strokesChinese character→孳zī12 strokesindustrious→嵫zī12 strokesChinese character→粢zī12 strokescommon millet→辎zī12 strokescovered wagon→觜zī13 strokesnumber 20 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 獵戶座|猎户座→訾zī13 strokesto calculate→貲zī13 strokesChinese character→資zī13 strokesChinese character→趑zī13 strokesto falter→锱zī13 strokesancient weight→龇zī14 strokesprojecting teeth→諮zī16 strokesChinese character→趦zī16 strokesunable to move→錙zī16 strokesChinese character→髭zī16 strokesmustache→鲻zī16 strokesmullet→鯔zī19 strokesChinese character→齜zī21 strokesChinese character→疭zòng9 strokesused in 瘛瘲|瘛疭[chi4zong4]→瘲zòng16 strokesChinese character→縱zòng17 strokesChinese character→偬zǒng11 strokesbusy→傯zǒng13 strokesChinese character→總zǒng17 strokesChinese character→腙zōng12 strokeshydrazone (chemistry)→綜zōng14 strokesChinese character→蹤zōng18 strokesChinese character→鬃zōng18 strokesbristles→邹zōu7 strokessurname Zou→驺zōu8 strokessurname Zou→诹zōu10 strokesto choose→陬zōu10 strokescorner→鄒zōu12 strokesChinese character→鄹zōu16 strokesname of a state→鲰zōu16 strokesminnows→鯫zōu19 strokesChinese character→騶zōu20 strokesChinese character→齱zōu23 strokesuneven teeth→卒zú8 strokessoldier→崒zú11 strokesrocky peaks→镞zú16 strokesarrowhead→诅zǔ7 strokescurse→俎zǔ9 strokesa stand for food at sacrifice→組zǔ11 strokesChinese character→詛zǔ12 strokesChinese character→菹zū11 strokesmarshland→攥zuàn23 strokes(coll.) to hold→缵zuǎn19 strokes(literary) to inherit→纂zuǎn20 strokes(literary) to compile; to edit→躜zuān23 strokesto jump→鑽zuān26 strokesChinese character→冣zuì10 strokesold variant of 聚[ju4]→晬zuì12 strokes1st birthday of a child→槜zuì14 strokesChinese character→蕞zuì15 strokesto assemble→撙zǔn15 strokesto reduce or cut down on→樽zūn16 strokesgoblet→鳟zūn20 strokestrout→鱒zūn23 strokesChinese character→阼zuò7 strokessteps leading to the eastern door→怍zuò8 strokesashamed→祚zuò9 strokesblessing→胙zuò9 strokesto grant or bestow→唑zuò10 strokesazole (chemistry)→葄zuò13 strokesstraw cushion→佐zuǒ7 strokesto assist→嘬zuō15 strokes(literary) to gnaw→
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