继
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to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 糸 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 繼
- Common rank
- #1,332
- Unicode
- U+7EE7
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Formation & memory
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How 继 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 meaning “thread” + 米 sound ()
How to remember it
carry on · Heisig RSH #1097
thread + 米 rice + fishhook
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 继
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 后继无人 | to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking | |
| 后继有人 | (idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking | |
| 中继器 | repeater | |
| 继电器 | (electrical) relay | |
| 继子女 | stepchildren; adopted children | |
| 难以为继 | (idiom) difficult to carry on; unsustainable | |
| 夜以继日 | night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort | |
| 中继资料 | metadata | |
| 女继承人 | inheritress | |
| 继往开来 | to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming… | |
| 继任者 | successor | |
| 继子 | stepson | |
| 中继 | to relay; to repeat | |
| 中继站 | relay station | |
| 出继 | to become adopted as heir | |
| 继承人 | heir; successor | |
| 相继 | in succession; following closely | |
| 继后 | later; afterwards | |
| 过继 | to adopt; to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative) | |
| 继承者 | successor |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 米 — compare how they read.