Chinese Character Wiki

窒

zhì

stop up

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound.

Components
穴 meaning component

穴  Meaning component

xué

  

cave

至 sound component

至  Sound component

zhì

  

reach

Evolution

窒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
窒 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
窒 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

窒  

zhì

stop up, obstruct; to obstruct; to stop up

Most common words with 窒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

窒息

to choke

窒

to obstruct

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

膣

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[t]ri[t]

trit

zhì

stop up (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.9816% of movies

2464th most common character in movies

3235th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+7A92

Shuowen

“窒，塞也。从穴，至聲。”


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