咨zī
to inquire, to consult, to discuss; to plan. 9 strokes, radical 口, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin zīStrokes 9Radical 口Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 咨
Strokes 1–6 write 次, then strokes 7–9 write 口.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 咨 · the stroke-order rules
What 咨 is made of
次 (cì, order) and 口 (kǒu, mouth).
口 carries the meaning — mouth — and 次 carries the sound.
Words that use 咨
| 咨询 | to consult, ask for advice 指向别人请教了解情况 游客向工作人员咨询路线。Visitors asked the staff about the route. Lesson 694, 民族节日 · 敏锐洞察与奋发图强 · Keen Perception & Diligent Enterprise |
Characters that share the sound part 次
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 口
All 80 of them, and what the radical means, on the 口 radical page.