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栉

櫛
zhì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 comb (a comb or fine-toothed comb)
  2. 2 to comb

Characters

栉
zhì
comb

Examples

新楼房鳞次栉比。
Xīn lóufáng líncìzhìbǐ.
The new houses stand packed together like the teeth of a comb.
先辈栉风沐雨，开辟了这片土地。
Xiānbèi zhìfēngmùyǔ, kāipì le zhèpiàn tǔdì.
The pioneers braved wind and rain to open up this land.

Tips

usage
Literary. Seen in 鳞次栉比 (packed close like fish scales and comb teeth), used for densely lined-up buildings, and 栉风沐雨 (combed by wind and washed by rain), describing hard toil in the open.

Components

radical
木 mù
wood; tree
The wood radical, the meaning carrier. Combs were traditionally carved from wood, so the timber radical signals the object.
phonetic
节 jié
joint; segment
Provides the sound, read 节 on its own and shifted to zhì here. It serves only as the phonetic cue.

Stroke Order

栉 zhì