滋

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to grow; to nourish; to increase; to cause; juice; taste; (dialect) to spout; to spurt

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 兹 sound ( zī )

Components 氵兹

nourish · Heisig RSH #2416

水 water + Mona Lisa

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
多力多滋	Duō lì duō zī	Doritos (brand of tortilla chips)
爱滋病毒	ài zī bìng dú	HIV; the AIDS virus
有滋有味	yǒu zī yǒu wèi	flavorsome; (fig.) delightful; full of interest
艾滋病病毒	ài zī bìng bìng dú	HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)
华尔滋	huá ěr zī	(Tw) (loanword) waltz (dance)
爱滋病	ài zī bìng	variant of 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4]
不是滋味	bù shì zī wèi	to be upset; to feel disgusted
松滋市	Sōng zī Shì	Songzi, a county-level city in Jingzhou City 荊州市\|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei
滋水枪	zī shuǐ qiāng	water gun
艾滋病毒	ài zī bìng dú	human immune deficiency virus (HIV); the AIDS virus
滋补品	zī bǔ pǐn	tonic; invigorant
滋养层	zī yǎng céng	trophoblastic layer (attaches fertilized ovum to the uterus); trophoderm
滋生	zī shēng	to breed; to flourish; to cause; to provoke; to create
滋长	zī zhǎng	to grow (usually of abstract things); to yield; to develop
滋事	zī shì	to cause trouble; to provoke a dispute
多拿滋	duō ná zī	doughnut (loanword)
艾滋病	ài zī bìng	(loanword) AIDS
爱滋	ài zī	AIDS (loanword); see also 愛滋病\|爱滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4]
松滋	Sōng zī	see 松滋市[Song1 zi1 Shi4]
滋养	zī yǎng	to nourish

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
兹 sound part	zī	now, here; this; time, year
磁	cí	magnetic; porcelain
慈	cí	gentle, humane, kind, merciful
鹚	cí	cormorant
孳	zī	to breed; to produce, to bear; to grow recklessly
糍	cí	sticky rice; mochi
嵫	zī	a hill in Shantung