歧

divergent; side road

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,733 U+6B67

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

止 (semantic, “stop”) + 支 (phonetic, zhī)

components: 止支

fork in the road · Heisig RSH #1892

footprint + branch

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 支

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 支 (zhī) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
支 sound component	zhī	to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)
技	jì	ability, talent; skill, technique
鼓	gǔ	drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
翅	chì	wings; fins
枝	zhī	branches, limbs; to branch off
肢	zhī	limbs
跂	qí	to creep, to crawl
吱	zhī	to chirp; to hiss; to squeak
岐	qí	to diverge, to branch; the name of a mountain
豉	chǐ	fermented beans
忮	zhì	stubborn; perverse; aggressive
庋	guǐ	cupboard, pantry
芰	jì	water caltrop

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约	Xiāo chú duì Fù nǚ Yī qiè Xíng shì Qí shì Gōng yuē	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
性别歧视	xìng bié qí shì	sex discrimination; sexism
种族歧视	zhǒng zú qí shì	racial discrimination; racism
分歧点	fēn qí diǎn	point of disagreement
消除歧义	xiāo chú qí yì	to disambiguate
歧路灯	Qí lù Dēng	Lamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園\|李绿园[Li3 Lu:4 yuan2]; a…
消歧义	xiāo qí yì	to remove ambiguity; disambiguation (in Wikipedia)
误入歧途	wù rù qí tú	to take a wrong step in life (idiom); to go astray
分歧	fēn qí	divergent; difference (of opinion, position); disagreement; (math.) bifurcation
歧义	qí yì	ambiguity; several possible meanings
歧路	qí lù	divergent path; (fig.) wrong path
歧见	qí jiàn	disagreement; differing interpretations
歧视	qí shì	to discriminate against; discrimination
歧异	qí yì	difference; discrepancy
歧途	qí tú	fork in a road; wrong road