05283 Chinese character of 髭 and pronounce zi1

The Chinese character【髭】that we will explain today is a character that describes appearance or characteristics. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Moustache on upper lip.

The pronunciation of this specific Chinese character is given below.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【髭】:zī

Cantonese Jyutping of 【髭】:zi1

Here is some fundamental information about the character 【髭】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【髭】, for example:Describe appearance or features , It mainly means the beard on the upper lip .The nuanced nature of Chinese characters means that some complex or precise interpretations may not be comprehensively conveyed in this space.

【髭】is a word that can combine with others to create more detailed terms or phrases, such as【髭鬚、小髭】(Mandarin Pinyin:zī xū 、xiǎo zī/ Cantonese Jyutping:zi1 sou1 、siu2 zi1)

This character has a total of 16 strokes,It is a highly difficult Chinese character that is rarely used in daily life and has a lower frequency of usage,Below, you’ll find a sentence connected to this character.:


男士留了一撮有趣的小髭。

The man had an interesting little moustache.


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