址

zhǐ
noun #31,833

Meanings

  1. 1 site; location; address

Examples

HSK 2
Qǐng xiěxià nǐ de dìzhǐ.
Please write down your address.
HSK 4
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
土 tǔ
earth; soil
Left-side earth radical - a pictograph of a clod of soil rising from the ground. Indexes 址 in the land family alongside 地 ground, 场 plot, 域 territory. Carries the meaning: 址 names a piece of dirt - specifically the ground where a building stood, hence site, location, address.
phonetic
止 zhǐ
stop; foot (here phonetic)
Right side 止 supplies the sound directly - zhǐ to zhǐ, identical. 止 originally depicted a foot, by extension the place where one halts. That stopping imagery dovetails with 址's meaning: a site is a piece of ground where something stays put, the spot where you stop and settle. Same phonetic anchors 趾 toe.

Stroke Order

址 zhǐ