稚

infantile; young

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

禾 (semantic, “grain”) + 隹 (phonetic, zhuī)

components: 禾隹

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wild rice + turkey

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 隹

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 隹 (zhuī) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
隹 sound component	zhuī	short-tailed bird; sparrow
维	wéi	to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
推	tuī	to push; to expel; to drive; to decline
准	zhǔn	standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow
堆	duī	crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks
锥	zhuī	gimlet, drill, awl; to drill, to bore
淮	huái	a river in Anhui province
椎	zhuī	spine, vertebra; hammer, mallet
谁	shéi	who? whom? whose? anyone?
濯	zhuó	to cleanse, to rinse, to wash out
睢	suī	to gaze at, to stare at; uninhibited
帷	wéi	curtain, screen, tent
擢	zhuó	to pull up, to raise; to select
槜	zuì	white plum
骓	zhuī	piebald horse
碓	duì	pestle
萑	huán	grass, hay, straw

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
稚气未脱	zhì qì wèi tuō	still possessing the innocence of childhood (idiom)
稚子	zhì zǐ	young child
稚气	zhì qì	childish nature; infantile; juvenile; puerile
稚女	zhì nǚ	little girl (of toddler age)
稚虫	zhì chóng	(entomology) naiad
幼稚园	yòu zhì yuán	kindergarten (Tw)
童稚	tóng zhì	child; childish
稚弱	zhì ruò	immature and feeble
甜稚	tián zhì	sweet and innocent
幼稚	yòu zhì	young; childish; puerile
稚拙	zhì zhuō	young and clumsy; childish and awkward
稚嫩	zhì nèn	young and tender; puerile; soft and immature