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CHINESE CHARACTER

zhí

值

值

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be worth

Numbered pinyin
zhi2
English meanings
be worth

Stroke practice

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 亻; right 直.

  • Left

    亻
  • Right

    直
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Meaning & sound clues

亻 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “person”.

直 is identified as the sound component (zhí). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 值.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰亻直

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhè这shū书zhí值shí十yuán元。

    This book is worth ten yuan.

  2. 02

    hěn很zhí值。

    Worth it.

  3. 03

    zhíbān值班。

    Be on duty.

  4. 04

    zhíde值得xuéxí学习。

    Worth studying.

  5. 05

    bùzhí不值qián钱。

    Not worth much.

  6. 06

    zhè这gè个zhí值。

    This is worth it.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 不值
  • 产值
  • 价值
  • 价值观
  • 值得
  • 值班
  • 值钱
  • 升值
  • 增值
  • 贬值