cliff

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone and seal script depicting the shape of a cliff or steep mountain slope. The modern glyph ⼚ is an open curve representing the profile or cliff face.

Mnemonic: Remember the curved shape ⼚ as the rugged profile of a towering cliff.

• 厎zhǐ🔊

  whetstone

  7 strokes

• 厐páng🔊

  variant of 龐|庞[pang2], huge

  7 strokes

• 质zhì🔊

  character

  8 strokes

• 厓yá🔊

  old form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)

  8 strokes

• 厔zhì🔊

  river bent

  8 strokes

• 厕cè🔊

  variant of 廁|厕[ce4]

  8 strokes

• 厚hòu🔊

  thick

  HSK 4

  9 strokes

• 厖páng🔊

  huge

  9 strokes

• 厗tí🔊

  old stone or mineral, possibly related to antimony Sb 銻|锑[ti1]

  9 strokes

• 厘lí🔊

  variant of 釐|厘[li2]

  9 strokes

• 厍Shè🔊

  surname She

  9 strokes

• 原yuán🔊

  former

  HSK 6

  10 strokes

• 厜zuī🔊

  a mountain peak

  10 strokes

• 厝cuò🔊

  to lay in place

  10 strokes

• 厞fèi🔊

  to hide

  10 strokes

• 虒sī🔊

  amphibious animal with one horn

  10 strokes