资zī
wealth, property, capital. 10 strokes, radical 贝, first met in HSK 3.
How to write 资
Strokes 1–6 write 次, then strokes 7–10 write 贝.
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 资 · the stroke-order rules
What 资 is made of
次 (cì, order) and 贝 (bèi, sea shell).
贝 carries the meaning — money — and 次 carries the sound.
Words that use 资
| 工资 | wages paid for labor 工作以后按月拿到的钱 工厂按月给工人发放工资。The factory pays out their wages to the workers every month. Lesson 127, 生产制造 · 职场工作与商业社会 · Workplace, Commerce & Society |
| 资金 | capital, funds for a project 用来投资或办事的一大笔钱 公司需要更多资金来扩大生产规模。The company needs more funds to expand production. Lesson 151, 货币金融与支付 · 贸易经济与市场金融 · Commerce, Economics, Finance & Trade |
| 资格 | an official qualification or credential 经过考核后获得的做某件事的条件 他考了三次才拿到教师资格。It took him three tries to earn the qualification to teach. Lesson 153, 生产制造与设计 · 贸易经济与市场金融 · Commerce, Economics, Finance & Trade |
| 投资 | to invest 把钱用在事业上，希望以后有回报 园区吸引了不少企业前来投资。The industrial park attracted many companies to invest. Lesson 342, 资政强基与恪尽职守 · 资政明辨与赤子勇毅 · Insightful Governance & Innocent Courage |
| 资料 | materials, data 整理保存起来供人查阅的文字或数据 大家仔细整理这些珍贵资料。Everyone carefully sorted the precious materials. Lesson 382, 典册披寻与笃行准饬 · 经纶大业与四海同春 · Statesmanship, Epochal Visions & Triumphant Confidence |
| 资源 | resources 自然界或社会中可以利用的东西 考察队调研稀有水土资源。The survey team studied rare water and soil resources. Lesson 383, 经邦抱负与大任行远 · 经纶大业与四海同春 · Statesmanship, Epochal Visions & Triumphant Confidence |
| 资本 | capital (finance) 指用于经营获利的资金 现代企业引入优质金融资本。The modern enterprise brought in quality financial capital. Lesson 534, 融通致远 · 崇德守礼与天下为公 · The Grand Harmony & Moral Integrity |
| 资产 | assets 指企业或个人拥有的财产 盘活闲置国有资产，依法转让技术专利。They revived idle state-owned assets. Lesson 534, 融通致远 · 崇德守礼与天下为公 · The Grand Harmony & Moral Integrity |
| 资助 | to fund, sponsor 指出资帮助有困难的人 慈善团队长期资助困难学生。The charity team long-term funded students in need. Lesson 535, 大爱无疆 · 崇德守礼与天下为公 · The Grand Harmony & Moral Integrity |
| 外资 | foreign investment or capital 指外国投入的资金 医院还引进了外资设备。The hospital has also brought in foreign-funded equipment. Lesson 656, 医院新楼 · 匠心开拓与博大胸襟 · Mastery, Endeavor & Broad Horizons |
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 贝
All 27 of them, and what the radical means, on the 贝 radical page.