咨 — Chinese character
咨
zī
to inquire, to consult, to discuss; to plan
- Pinyin
- zī
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 次 口
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 次
- Japanese
- 咨 as a kanji
Common words with 咨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咨询 (咨詢) | zī xún | variant of 咨询 (zī xún) |
| 咨询 (諮詢) | zī xún | to inquire; to consult; to seek advice from |
| 国情咨文 (國情咨文) | guó qíng zī wén | speech delivered by a head of state to the legislature (e.g. (USA) State of the Union Address, (Russia) Address to the Federal Assembly etc) |
| 咨文 | zī wén | (old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank); report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state |
| 咨商 (諮商) | zī shāng | (Tw) consultation (on policy, trade etc); (psychological) counseling |
| 咨询员 (諮詢員) | zī xún yuán | advisor; consultant |
| 同侪咨商 (同儕諮商) | tóng chái zī shāng | (Tw) peer counseling |
| 咨嗟 | zī jiē | (literary) to sigh; to heave a sigh; (literary) to gasp in admiration |
| 咨请 (咨請) | zī qǐng | to formally request (by means of an official communication 咨文 (zī wén)) |
| 咨客 (諮客) | zī kè | (service industry) reception staff |
English words written with 咨
咨 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1
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.