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茨
cí
1. Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)
2. to thatch (a roof)
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

茨
cí
thatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris
9 丶

Compound Words (20)

本茨
Běncí
Benz (name)
林茨
Líncí
Linz (city in Austria)
茨城
Cíchéng
Ibaraki prefecture in northeast Japan
茨冈
cígāng
(loanword) tzigane
茨菰
cígu
arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)
盖茨
Gàicí
Gates (name)
格拉茨
Gélācí
Graz (city in Austria)
波茨坦
Bōcítǎn
Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany
洛伦茨
Luòlúncí
Lorentz (name)
罗伯茨
Luóbócí
Roberts
美因茨
Měiyīncí
Mainz (city in Germany)
茨城县
Cíchéngxiàn
Ibaraki prefecture in northeast Japan
盖茨比
Gàicíbǐ
Gatsby
博茨瓦纳
Bócíwǎnà
Botswana
博茨瓦那
bócíwǎnà
Botswana
土阶茅茨
tǔjiēmáocí
lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
康斯坦茨
Kāngsītǎncí
Konstanz (Germany)
茨欣瓦利
Cíxīnwǎlì
Tskhinvali, capital of South Osetia
莱布尼茨
Láibùnící
Leibniz (name)
萨尔茨堡
Sàěrcíbǎo
Salzburg

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
1,935
Word Frequency Rank
1,791 of 84,292

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