How to Say
How to Write
zhí
Radical: 戈 13 strokes
Meaning: to gather
💡 Imagine a dagger-axe (戈) collecting sounds (音) – gathering intelligence.
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📚 Character Story & Explanation

戠 (zhí) meaning in English —

Detective's note: The character 戠 (zhí) combines the radical 戈 (dagger-axe) with 音 (sound), perhaps originally denoting an assembly under arms. It primarily means 'to gather' or 'to collect,' and appears in historical texts as a variant of 職 (duty) and 識 (know). Its use is rare in modern Chinese, mostly found in classical or literary contexts.

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