Chinese Character Wiki

咨

zī

inquire

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 次 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

次 sound component

次  Sound component

cì

  

second, next

Evolution

咨 Bronze script Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
咨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
咨 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
咨 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
咨 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

咨  

zī

inquire, consult, discuss; plan; to consult

Most common words with 咨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

咨询

to consult

咨

to consult

咨文

official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank)

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

諮 谘

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

諮 谘 趦

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]ij

tsij

zī

consult; plan (v.)


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 6.5033% of movies

2282nd most common character in movies

2408th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+54A8

Shuowen

“咨，謀事曰咨。从口，次聲。”


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