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祉

zhǐ
noun #72,317

Meanings

  1. 1 happiness
  2. 2 blessing; well-being

Examples

政府应把民众的福祉放在首位。
Zhèngfǔ yīng bǎ mínzhòng de fúzhǐ fàngzài shǒuwèi.
Government should regard the people's well-being as its top priority.
这项政策关乎子孙后代的福祉。
Zhè xiàng zhèngcè guānhū zǐsūn hòudài de fúzhǐ.
This policy concerns the well-being of future generations.

Tips

usage
A formal word for blessing and well-being. In modern Chinese it occurs almost only in 福祉 ('welfare, well-being'), common in official and policy writing.

Components

radical
礻 shì
altar; ritual (radical form)
The altar radical, the side form of 示. It marks words about blessings and the divine, the same family as 福 (fortune) and 祝 (to wish).
phonetic
止 zhǐ
to stop; foot; phonetic
To stop, supplying the sound zhǐ with an exact match. It is purely phonetic here; the same element gives 址 (site) and 趾 (toe).

Stroke Order

祉 zhǐ