Chinese Character Wiki
此

cǐ

this

Origin unclear. Two possible explanations are (1) depicts a person (人) stopping (止), meaning "here", and (2) depicts a foot (止) kicking a person (人), based on an earlier meaning "to kick" (跐).

Components
止 iconic component

止  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Evolution

此 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
此 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
此 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
此 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
此 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

此  

cǐ

this, these; in this case, then; this; these

Most common words with 此
Freq.
Word
Meaning

此

this

如此

so

因此

thus

彼此

each other

此次

this time

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

些

Sound component in 17 characters (2 verified)

跐 觜 紫 柴 砦 雌 疵 齜 龇 髭 呲 眥 眦 貲 赀 訾 茈

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tsʰ]e(j)ʔ

tshjeX

cǐ

this


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 89.7005% of movies

282nd most common character in movies

116th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+6B64

Shuowen

“此，止也。从止，从匕。匕，相比次也。”


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