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瓷

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chinaware; porcelain; china

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
10
Radical
瓦 +6
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
瓷
Common rank
#2,431
Unicode
U+74F7

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 瓷 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

瓦 meaning “pottery” + 次 sound ( cì )

Components 次 瓦

How to remember it

porcelain · Heisig RSH #2118

secondary + 瓦 tile

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 瓷

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

WordPinyinMeaning
青花瓷 qīng huā cí blue and white porcelain
半导瓷 bàn dǎo cí semiconducting ceramic (electronics)
卫生陶瓷 wèi shēng táo cí chamber pot; commode
薄胎瓷器 bó tāi cí qì eggshell china
精密陶瓷 jīng mì táo cí fine ceramics (used for dental implants, synthetic bones, electronics, knife blades etc); …
白瓷 bái cí blanc de chine (porcelain)
瓷器 cí qì chinaware; porcelain
瓷实 cí shi (dialect) firm; robust
青瓷 qīng cí celadon (pottery)
骨瓷 gǔ cí bone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash)
陶瓷器 táo cí qì pottery; chinaware
碰瓷儿 pèng cí r erhua form of 碰瓷[peng4 ci2]
瓷娃娃 cí wá wa porcelain doll; (fig.) person with osteogenesis imperfecta
瓷瓶 cí píng porcelain bottle
陶瓷 táo cí pottery and porcelain; ceramics
瓷砖 cí zhuān ceramic tile
瓷碗 cí wǎn porcelain bowl
碰瓷 pèng cí (coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained dama…
搪瓷 táng cí enamel
瓷釉 cí yòu porcelain glaze

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
次 sound part cì order, sequence; second, next; one after the other
资 zī wealth, property, capital
茨 cí thatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris
姿 zī grace, good looks; bearing, poise, posture
咨 zī to inquire, to consult, to discuss; to plan
恣 zì indulgent; unrestrained
絘 cì a tax on rolls of cloth
佽 cì to help, to aid
粢 zī common millet; grain offered as a sacrifice