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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Zhi

  • 智wise; wisdom
  • 志will; determination; aspiration
  • 芝mushroom; lingzhi
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
Z
Romanization
Mandarin (pinyin)
Character options
3
  • Chinese characters智志芝
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Zhi in their name

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Zhi is a Chinese name syllable in pinyin; its character may be 智 (wisdom), 志 (determination) or 芝 (lingzhi).

Possible characters for Zhi

This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 智

    wise; wisdom

    Mandarin zhì

    attested

  • 志

    will; determination; aspiration

    Mandarin zhì

  • 芝

    mushroom; lingzhi

    Mandarin zhī

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Zhi

Zhi is the Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin spelling of several characters. The character 智 (zhì), wisdom, is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; 志 (zhì, determination) and 芝 (zhī, lingzhi) are also read zhi. The meaning depends on the character the family chose.

RomanizationMandarin (pinyin)

Zhi in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables

Peak era
2010s
Share (girl)
9%
JPN entries
1
  • Girl 2010s · 9%

Entries containing this syllable: Zhi Xuan 2010s ♀ 975

Share of each decade’s top-10 total for that sex; names outside the tables have no figure. Chinese naming eras · Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Zhi

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 智 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 智 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 志 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 志 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 芝 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 芝 · mdbg.net · meaning

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