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滯

zhì

block up

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 帶 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

帶 sound component

帶  Sound component

dài

  

belt

Evolution

滯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
滯 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

滞 (滯) 

zhì

block up, obstruct; stagnant; sluggish

Most common words with 滯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

停滞

stagnation

滞留

to detain

滞后

to lag behind

滞

sluggish

阻滞

to clog up

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]r[a][t]-s

drjejH

zhì

obstruct


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.6430% of movies

2845th most common character in movies

2302nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

滞

Unicode

U+6EEF

Shuowen

“滯，凝也。从水，帶聲。”


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