浙
short name for Zhejiang 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1]
10 strokes
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How 浙 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 折 (phonetic, zhé)
How to remember it
Zhejian Province · Heisig RSH #2191
水 water + 折 discount
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 折
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 折 (zhé) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折 sound component | zhé | to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble |
| 哲 | zhé | wise, sagacious; wise man; philosopher |
| 逝 | shì | to die, to pass away |
| 踅 | xué | to pace; to turn around midway |
| 哳 | zhā | the sound of ripping or giggling |
| 蜇 | zhē | jellyfish |
Words containing 浙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浙江大学 | Zhè jiāng Dà xué | Zhejiang University |
| 浙江省 | Zhè jiāng Shěng | Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4] (short name 浙[Zhe4]) |
| 江浙 | Jiāng Zhè | Jiangsu and Zhejiang (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1] + 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1]) |
| 浙江 | Zhè jiāng | see 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3] |
| 川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽 | Chuān Lǔ Yuè Sū Zhè Mǐn Xiāng Huī | the cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui (… |
| 浙菜 | Zhè cài | Zhejiang cuisine |
| 浙赣 | Zhè Gàn | Zhejiang-Jiangxi |