窒 — Chinese character
窒
zhì
to obstruct, to stop
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Radical
- 116 ⽳ (Cave)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 穴 至
- Formation
- pictophonetic — cave; meaning component 穴; sound component 至
- Japanese
- 窒 as a kanji
Common words with 窒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 窒息 | zhì xī | to choke; to stifle |
| 窒碍 (窒礙) | zhì ài | (literary) to be obstructed |
English words written with 窒
窒 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · I Ching 1 · Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.