峙
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(literary) to tower aloft
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 山 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 峙
- Common rank
- #3,452
- Unicode
- U+5CD9
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Formation & memory
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Words with 峙
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 核对峙 | nuclear stalemate | |
| 繁峙县 | Fanshi, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市[Xin1 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi | |
| 对峙 | (of mountains etc) to stand facing each other; (fig.) to confront each other | |
| 雄峙 | to stand imposingly | |
| 繁峙 | see 繁峙縣|繁峙县[Fan2 shi4 Xian4] | |
| 鼎峙 | (literary) to form a tripartite confrontation | |
| 渊渟岳峙 | (idiom) to have a serene yet formidable demeanor; to have a commanding presence |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 寺 — compare how they read.