(zhī)

sesame; Lingzhi mushroom

How 芝 is written

Strokes
6
Radical
— grass
Traditional
Simplified
(unchanged)

Components

Common words using 芝

芝麻 zhīma
sesame (seed)
芝加哥 zhījiāgē
Chicago, USA
芝士 zhīshì
cheese (loanword)
芝麻官 zhīmaguān
low ranking official; petty bureaucrat
靈芝 língzhī
lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)
黑芝麻 hēizhīma
sesame (seed)
東芝 dōngzhī
Toshiba, Japanese electronics company
林芝 línzhī
Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri, Chinese Linzhi
白芝麻 báizhīma
sesame seed
芝罘區 zhīfúqū
Zhifu district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong
芝蘭 zhīlán
lit. iris and orchid; fig. exalted sentiments; (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc)
芝蘭之室 zhīlánzhīshì
lit. a room with irises and orchids (idiom); fig. in wealthy and pleasant company

芝 in a sentence

我喜歡吃芝麻包。

Wǒ xǐhuān chī zhīma bāo.

“I like eating sesame buns.”

How common is 芝?

芝 is the 2,145th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.6% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 芝

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