zhì
write down, record
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 志 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal script
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)Regular script
ModernHistorical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tək-s | tsyiH | zhì | record (n.?) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 43.7290% of movies
812th most common character in movies
542nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8A8C |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“誌，記誌也。从言，志聲。” |
Sources
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