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zī

half-pound; an ancient unit of weight

🔤 Pictophonetic: 钅 (metal) provides meaning, 甾 provides pronunciation

HSK 13 strokes Uncommon (60%)

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⿰钅甾 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

jīn

钅

gold, metal; money

📷 Pictographic: A cast-iron bell; compare 金

5 strokes

zāi

甾

evil; a calamity

💡 Ideographic: A farm 田 wiped out by a flood 巛

8 strokes

chuān

巛

stream, river

📷 Pictographic: A river flowing

3 strokes

tián

田

field, farm, arable land; cultivated

📷 Pictographic: The plots of a rice paddy

5 strokes HSK 6

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 锱 (2)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

锱 ↗

zī

ancient weight / one-eighth of a tael

zī

锱 ↗

ancient weight / one-eighth of a tael

锱铢必较 ↗

zīzhūbìjiào

to haggle over every cent (idiom)

zīzhūbìjiào

锱铢必较 ↗

to haggle over every cent (idiom)