技

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skill

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HSK 3.0: Level 3
Old HSK: Level 4
Strokes: 7
Radical: 手 +4
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 技
Common rank: #667
Unicode: U+6280

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Formation & memory

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How 技 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 支 sound ( zhī )

Components 扌支

How to remember it

skill · Heisig RSH #651

fingers + branch

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 技

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
西安电子科技大学	Xī ān Diàn zǐ Kē jì Dà xué	Xidian University
电子科技大学	Diàn zǐ Kē jì Dà xué	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
山东科技大学	Shān dōng Kē jì Dà xué	Shandong University of Science and Technology
国立台北科技大学	Guó lì Tái běi Kē jì Dà xué	National Taipei University of Technology
河北科技大学	Hé běi Kē jì Dà xué	Hebei University of Science and Technology
一技之长	yī jì zhī cháng	proficiency in a particular field (idiom); skill in a specialized area (idiom)
中国国防科技信息中心	Zhōng guó Guó fáng Kē jì Xìn xī Zhōng xīn	China Defense Science and Technology Information Center (CDSTIC)
化学品安全技术说明书	huà xué pǐn ān quán jì shù shuō míng shū	materials safety data sheet (MSDS)
西北农林科技大学	Xī běi Nóng lín Kē jì Dà xué	Northwest A&F University
生物科技	shēng wù kē jì	biotechnology
身无长技	shēn wú cháng jì	to possess no special talents
自动化技术	zì dòng huà jì shù	automation
科技工作者	kē jì gōng zuò zhě	worker in science and technology
国防科学技术工业委员会	Guó fáng Kē xué Jì shù Gōng yè Wěi yuán huì	Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND); abbr. to 國…
英国工程技术学会	Yīng guó Gōng chéng Jì shù Xué huì	The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
科技人员	kē jì rén yuán	scientific and technical staff
香港科技大学	Xiāng gǎng Kē jì Dà xué	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
保利科技	Bǎo lì Kē jì	Poly Technologies, Chinese defense company
科学技术现代化	kē xué jì shù xiàn dài huà	modernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
科学技术是第一生产力	kē xué jì shù shì dì yī shēng chǎn lì	science and technology is the number one productive force (from a 1978 speech by Deng Xiao…

Sound family

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
支 sound part	zhī	to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)
鼓	gǔ	drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
翅	chì	wings; fins
枝	zhī	branches, limbs; to branch off
肢	zhī	limbs
歧	qí	to diverge, to fork; a branch; a side road
跂	qí	to creep, to crawl
吱	zhī	to chirp; to hiss; to squeak
岐	qí	to diverge, to branch; the name of a mountain
豉	chǐ	fermented beans
忮	zhì	stubborn; perverse; aggressive
庋	guǐ	cupboard, pantry
芰	jì	water caltrop