秩

zhì
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(literary) salary according to rank

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

秩 combines 禾 grain with 失 shī, which gives the sound. It first meant to gather or accumulate, then grew to collecting a salary by rank, official rank, and order or sequence.

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Homophones

治zhì
rule, govern, manage, cure
至zhì
to, till, until, extremely
志zhì
sign, mark, to record
识zhì
to record, to write a footnote
质zhì
character, nature, quality, plain
志zhì
aspiration, ambition, the will

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