资

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resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

贝 meaning “money” + 次 sound ( cì )

Components 次贝

assets · Heisig RSH #479

shells + 次 next

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
资中县	Zī zhōng Xiàn	Zizhong, a county in Neijiang City 內江市\|内江市[Nei4 jiang1 Shi4], Sichuan
流动资金	liú dòng zī jīn	(accounting) working capital; circulating funds
发工资日	fā gōng zī rì	payday
外国资本	wài guó zī běn	foreign capital
资阳区	Zī yáng Qū	Ziyang, a district of Yiyang City 益陽市\|益阳市[Yi4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
资本主义	zī běn zhǔ yì	capitalism
资阳市	Zī yáng Shì	Ziyang, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]
资本市场	zī běn shì chǎng	capital market
资本家	zī běn jiā	capitalist
不变资本	bù biàn zī běn	constant capital
人资	rén zī	abbr. of 人力資源\|人力资源[ren2 li4 zi1 yuan2]
有资格	yǒu zī gé	to be entitled; to qualify; to be qualified
国资	guó zī	state-owned capital (abbr. for 國有資本\|国有资本[guo2 you3 zi1 ben3]); state-owned assets (abbr. f…
中资	zhōng zī	Chinese capital; Chinese enterprise
资中	Zī zhōng	see 資中縣\|资中县[Zi1 zhong1 Xian4]
流动资产	liú dòng zī chǎn	(financial reporting) current assets; liquid assets
天资	tiān zī	innate talent; gift; flair; native resource; dowry
人力资源	rén lì zī yuán	human resources
小资	xiǎo zī	petit bourgeois; yuppie; abbr. of 小資產階級\|小资产阶级
资料中心	zī liào zhōng xīn	(Tw) data center

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
次 sound part	cì	order, sequence; second, next; one after the other
茨	cí	thatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris
姿	zī	grace, good looks; bearing, poise, posture
瓷	cí	china, crockery, porcelain
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