zhǐ
noun #31,833

Meanings

  1. 1 site; location; address

Examples

Qǐng xiěxià nǐ de dìzhǐ.
Please write down your address.
Zhège wǎngzhǐ shì shénme?
What is this website address?

Tips

usage
地址 (dìzhǐ) = address. 网址 (wǎngzhǐ) = website URL. 遗址 (yízhǐ) = ruins/historical site.

Components

radical
earth; soil
Left-side earth radical — a pictograph of a clod of soil rising from the ground. Indexes in the land family alongside ground, plot, territory. Carries the meaning: names a piece of dirt — specifically the ground where a building stood, hence site, location, address.
phonetic
zhǐ
stop; foot (here phonetic)
Right side supplies the sound directly — zhǐ to zhǐ, identical. originally depicted a foot, by extension the place where one halts. That stopping imagery dovetails with 's meaning: a site is a piece of ground where something stays put, the spot where you stop and settle. Same phonetic anchors toe.

Stroke Order

zhǐ