栉(zhì)

9 strokesTrad. 櫛

comb

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Character information

Pinyin
zhì
Meaning
comb; to comb; to weed out; to eliminate; Taiwan pr. [jie2]
Strokes
9
HSK level
—
Traditional
櫛

Origin & structure

Where 栉 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰木节

A wooden 木 comb 节; 节 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

木mù节jié

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 櫛: A wooden 木 comb 節; 節 also provides the pronunciation

How to write 栉 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 栉

Common words using 栉 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhì栉bǐ比

lined up close (like teeth of a comb)

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zhì栉guā瓜

(Tw) zucchini; courgette; baby marrow; Taiwan pr. [jie2gua1]

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zhì栉shuǐ水mǔ母

comb jellies (Ctenophora)

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zhì栉fēng风mù沐yǔ雨

lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom)

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mù沐yǔ雨zhì栉fēng风

to work unceasingly regardless of the weather (idiom)

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lín鳞cì次zhì栉bǐ比

row upon row

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From 栉’s common words

比瓜水母风沐雨鳞

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