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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ci2
- English meanings
- vocable, words, phrase, a kind of poetry originating in Tang dyn, statement, a form of classical poetry, part of speech, speech, Ci, Chinese poetry, term, word
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 讠; right 司.
Meaning & sound clues
讠 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “words”.
司 is identified as the sound component (sī). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 词.
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
china
magnetism; magnetic
word; term; ci poetry
favor
to resign
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