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浙

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short name for Zhejiang 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1]

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Strokes
10
Radical
水 +7
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
浙
Common rank
#3,459
Unicode
U+6D59

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Formation & memory

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How 浙 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 折 sound ( zhé )

Components 氵 折

How to remember it

Zhejian Province · Heisig RSH #2191

水 water + 折 discount

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 浙

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

WordPinyinMeaning
浙江大学 Zhè jiāng Dà xué Zhejiang University
浙江省 Zhè jiāng Shěng Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4] (short name 浙[Zhe4])
江浙 Jiāng Zhè Jiangsu and Zhejiang (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1] + 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1])
浙江 Zhè jiāng see 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽 Chuān Lǔ Yuè Sū Zhè Mǐn Xiāng Huī the cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui (…
浙菜 Zhè cài Zhejiang cuisine
浙赣 Zhè Gàn Zhejiang-Jiangxi

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
折 sound part zhé to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble
哲 zhé wise, sagacious; wise man; philosopher
逝 shì to die, to pass away
踅 xué to pace; to turn around midway
哳 zhā the sound of ripping or giggling
蜇 zhē jellyfish