齿

齿 · chǐ

teeth; gears, cogs; age; simplified form of the Kangxi radical 211

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

teeth; gears, cogs; age; simplified form of the Kangxi radical 211

Mandarin
chǐ
Cantonese
ci2

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9F7F
Radical
齿 · 211
Strokes
8 · Unihan
Residual
0

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

8 strokes
齿
Strokes
8
Convention
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8 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿱止⿶凵人(GH)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 齿

Character connections

9 catalogue records include this shape in their first retained IDS. Graphical containment does not imply shared etymology.

History & distinctions

Related forms

齒

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
chǐ
kCantonese
ci2
kDefinition
teeth; gears, cogs; age; simplified form of the Kangxi radical 211
kTotalStrokes
8
kRSUnicode
211'.0
kTraditionalVariant
U+9F52
kTGH
2013:1068

Readings across dictionaries

Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

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Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
101dictionary records using 齿18forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below
⿶ Open at the top

Shape description
止 above (凵 encloses 人 from below) · the shape used in China, Hong Kong
Source notation ^⿱止⿶凵人$(GH)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱止⿶凵人$(GH)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.