雌

female; Taiwan pr. [ci1]

14 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,306 U+96CC

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

隹 (semantic, “bird”) + 此 (phonetic, cǐ)

components: 此隹

feminine · Heisig RSH #1769

此 this (literary) + turkey

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 此

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 此 (cǐ) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
此 sound component	cǐ	this, these; in this case, then
紫	zǐ	purple, violet; amethyst; surname
柴	chái	firewood, faggots, fuel; surname
些	xiē	little, few; rather, somewhat
眦	zì	eye socket; the corner of the eye
赀	zī	wealth, property; to estimate, to count
呲	cī	to grimace; to bare one's teeth
疵	cī	flaw, fault, defect; disease
觜	zī	beak
訾	zī	to criticize, to bad-mouth; defect; betrayal
龇	zī	to bare one's teeth; crooked teeth
茈	zǐ	a plant yielding a red dye
髭	zī	mustache

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
信口雌黄	xìn kǒu cí huáng	to speak off the cuff; to casually opine
雌雄同体人	cí xióng tóng tǐ rén	a hermaphrodite
雌雄同体性	cí xióng tóng tǐ xìng	hermaphroditism
雌性接口	cí xìng jiē kǒu	female connector
雌雄同体	cí xióng tóng tǐ	hermaphrodite
雌性激素	cí xìng jī sù	estrogen
雌雄异色	cí xióng yì sè	sexual coloration
一决雌雄	yī jué cí xióng	to have a showdown; to fight for mastery; to compete for a championship
决一雌雄	jué yī cí xióng	see 一決雌雄\|一决雌雄[yi1 jue2 ci2 xiong2]
妄下雌黄	wàng xià cí huáng	to alter a text indiscriminately (idiom); to make irresponsible criticism
雌激素	cí jī sù	estrogen
雌性	cí xìng	female
雌体	cí tǐ	female of a species
雌三醇	cí sān chún	estriol
雌黄	cí huáng	orpiment; arsenic trisulfide As2S3; make changes in writing; malign; criticize without gro…
孤雌生殖	gū cí shēng zhí	parthenogenesis (biol. a female reproducing without fertilization)
英雌	yīng cí	female hero (esp. in feminist discourse, cf. 英雄[ying1 xiong2])
雌雄	cí xióng	male and female
雌鹿	cí lù	doe
雌竞	cí jìng	(slang) negative, toxic competition between women (esp. in seeking the favor and approval …