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The Chinese word zhi - 之 - zhī
(of in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

zhī

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English translations

of, to go to, somebody, something, this, that,
to leave for, these, those, to arrive at

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 之 ( zhī ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( zhi / zhī ) with pronunciation (English translation: of )
The traditional Chinese characters of zhī are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
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之 is composed of 4 strokes and therefore is of very low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

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之 ( zhi / zhī ) belongs to the 50 most common Chinese characters (rank 42)
Chinese example words containing the character 之 ( zhi / zhī )
之一 ( ...zhīyī = one of... ), Ｙ分之Ｘ ( Y fēn zhī X = x percent of y ), 之后 ( zhīhòu = after ), 之间 ( zhījiān = between ), 之外 ( zhīwài = except ), 之中 ( zhīzhōng = among ), 总之 ( zŏngzhī = in a word )
Other characters that are pronounced zhī in Chinese
汁 (juice) , 枝 (branch) , 知 (to know) , 只 (classifier) , 支 (to support) , 织 (to weave) , 芝 (glossy ganoderma)
More words that mean to go to in Chinese
shàng qù ( 上去 )

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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro.
This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.

 
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