In oracle bone script and seal script, 兹 depicts two strands of twisted silk. It is the cognate of 丝. In clerical script, 艹 is added to express the meaning that the grass grows like strands of silk.
兹 serves as a phonetic component to form characters.
Characters formed by the phonetic component 兹
慈、磁、糍、甆、鹚 have the same pronunciation cí
滋、孳、 鎡、 镃、 稵、 嗞、 嵫、 禌 have the same pronunciation zī
螆、cì
See also the Component 丝
You may not want to miss out the component 系 too.
Common words and set phrases of 兹
- 龟兹
- 于兹
- 弇兹
- 从兹
- 若兹
- 赫兹
- 今兹
- 兹白
- 来兹
- 兹其
- 兹事体大
- 念兹在兹
- 挹彼注兹
- 华尔兹
- 龟兹板
- 嗟兹乎
- 龟兹伎
- 伯利兹
- 波兹南