址

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(bound form) site; location

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

土 meaning “earth” + 止 sound ( zhǐ )

Components 土止

address · Heisig RSH #1670

土 soil + footprint

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
相对地址	xiāng duì dì zhǐ	relative address (computing)
通信地址	tōng xìn dì zhǐ	mail address
回信地址	huí xìn dì zhǐ	return address
目标地址	mù biāo dì zhǐ	destination address; target address
绝对地址	jué duì dì zhǐ	absolute address (computing)
码分多址	Mǎ Fēn Duō Zhǐ	Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) (telecommunications)
办公地址	bàn gōng dì zhǐ	business address; office address
多站地址	duō zhàn dì zhǐ	multicast address; multistation address
网络地址转换	wǎng luò dì zhǐ zhuǎn huàn	(computing) network address translation
终点地址	zhōng diǎn dì zhǐ	destination address
家庭地址	jiā tíng dì zhǐ	home address
电邮地址	diàn yóu dì zhǐ	email address
广播地址	guǎng bō dì zhǐ	broadcast address
地址解析协议	dì zhǐ jiě xī xié yì	address resolution protocol; ARP
通讯地址	tōng xùn dì zhǐ	mailing address; postal address
配送地址	pèi sòng dì zhǐ	delivery address
地址	dì zhǐ	address; CL:個\|个[ge4]
网页地址	wǎng yè dì zhǐ	webaddress; URL
城址	chéng zhǐ	townsite
基址	jī zhǐ	foundation; footing; base; ruins (of a historical building)

Characters sharing the sound component 止 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
止 sound part	zhǐ	to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist
此	cǐ	this, these; in this case, then
扯	chě	to rip, to tear; to haul; casual talk
耻	chǐ	shame, humiliation; ashamed
趾	zhǐ	toe; tracks, footprints
芷	zhǐ	an angelica herb
祉	zhǐ	blessings, happiness, good luck