织 (zhī) — to weave (cloth, fabric); to knit (yarn, wool)
Definition
织 (zhī) focuses on making cloth or yarn into fabric by hand or machine — knitting a sweater, weaving cotton. For braiding/plaiting or figurative uses (stories, dreams), use 编织 instead.
verb
to weave (cloth, fabric)to knit (yarn, wool)
Easily confused
- 识shílook-aliketo know; to recognize
- 只zhīsound-alike(classifier) used for one of a pair of animals, objects, or body parts; also for boats, certain containers
- 积jīlook-aliketo accumulate, to amass, to store up (over time)
- 之zhīsound-alike(literary, possessive particle) equivalent to 的
- 之zhīsound-alike(literary pronoun) him, her, it (used as object)
- 支zhīsound-alikeclassifier for long, thin objects (pens, guns), army divisions, and songs/compositions
Examples
- 织。Tā zhèng zài yòng máo xiàn zhī wéi jīn.She is knitting a scarf with wool yarn.
- 织。Zhè jiān gōng chǎng zhǔ yào zhī mián bù.This factory mainly weaves cotton cloth.
- 织。Wǒ xué le yí gè yuè cái xué huì zhī máo yī.It took me a month to learn how to knit a sweater.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 織; 织 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
戠
戠zhí織zhī
Same sound today
The traditional form 織 uses 糸, silk, with 戠 for the sound. The simplified 织 is a later shorthand.
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