zī
be as diligent as possible
Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 子 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 孜
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
hard-working | ||
assiduous (in study) | ||
diligent and tireless (idiom) | ||
diligent | ||
Garze or Kandze, capital of Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[GānzīZàngzúzìzhìzhōu], formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3150th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+5B5C |
Shuowen | “孜,汲汲也。从攴,子聲。《周書》曰:‘孜孜無怠。’” |
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