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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ci2
- English meanings
- chinaware, porcelain, china
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 次; bottom 瓦.
Meaning & sound clues
瓦 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “pottery”.
次 is identified as the sound component (cì). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 瓷.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
now
stab
kind; loving
next
this
magnetism; magnetic
word; term; ci poetry
Ci
favor
to resign
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 瓷器
- 陶瓷