zhí
nephew
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound. Simplified form of 姪.
Evolution

Bronze script
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 侄
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
nephew | ||
niece | ||
nephew by the male line | ||
nephew | ||
grandnephew |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 7.4644% of movies
2084th most common character in movies
2664th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+4F84 |
Sources
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