缁 Stroke Order — How to Write 缁
缁 is written in 11 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 纟, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
缁 Radical and Character Components
缁 is an ideographic compound. Black 甾 silk 纟; 甾 also provides the pronunciation.
Radical: 纟 + 8 more strokes
缁 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- zī
Meanings of 缁 in Chinese
zī缁
Words with 缁
Idioms with 缁
- pī披zī缁xuē削fà发become a monk or nun
- bù不lín磷bù不zī缁Unaltered by external forces, pure and integral
- jiǎn剪fā发pī披zī缁renounce secular life and become a monk
- niè涅ér而bù不zī缁untainted by corrupting environments
- sù素yī衣huà化zī缁white clothes turn black from dust
- xuē削fà发pī披zī缁become a monk or nun
- yī一chén尘bù不zī缁utterly pure and untainted
- zhù祝fà发pī披zī缁become a monk or nun
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Open the tool →Questions about 缁
What does 缁 mean in Chinese?
缁 (zī) means “Zī (缁) primarily means 'black'. It is often used to refer to black garments, especially the robes worn by Buddhist monks or nuns, as in 'zīyī' (缁衣). It can also be part of compounds like 'zīsù' (缁素), which refers to monks and laypeople, or 'zīhuáng' (缁黄), referring to monks and Taoists, both implying religious practitioners” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 缁?
缁 is pronounced zī in Mandarin Chinese.
How many strokes does 缁 have?
缁 has 11 strokes.
How do you write 缁?
缁 is written in 11 strokes, starting from the radical 纟. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 缁?
The radical of 缁 is 纟, and 缁 is an ideographic compound.