Chinese Character Wiki

摯

zhì

sincere

To shake 執 hands 手; 執 also provides the pronunciation

Components
執 sound,meaning component

執  Sound Meaning component

zhí

  

hold in hand

手 meaning component

手  Meaning component

shǒu

  

hand

Evolution

摯 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
摯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
摯 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
摯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

挚 (摯) 

zhì

sincere, warm, cordial; surname; sincere

挚 (摯) 

Zhì

surname Zhi

Most common words with 摯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

挚爱

true love

真挚

sincere

诚挚

sincere

挚友

intimate friend

挚

surname Zhi

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[t]ip-s

tsyijH

zhì

seize


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.8855% of movies

2544th most common character in movies

3012th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

挚

Unicode

U+646F

Shuowen

“摯，握持也。从手，从執。”


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