挚 Stroke Order

挚 [zhì] 1. Intimate, sincere. - 亲密，诚恳：挚友 (intimate friend), 挚切 (sincere), 挚诚 (sincerely), 挚爱 (true love), 真挚 (genuine). 2. To seize. - 攫取：狼挚虎攫 (wolves and tigers seize). 3. Ancient same as "贽", refer to gifts presented during meetings. - 古同“贽”，贽见 (gift presented to a senior at one's first visit). 4. Ancient same as "鸷", meaning ferocious. - 古同“鸷”，凶猛 (ferocious). 名 - 【本义】: Ancient gifts presented to people during the first meeting, known as the meeting gifts. - 【造字法】: A compound character. Comprised of the components for hand and to hold. 1. Same as initial meaning (present). 引 1. 《说文》: 挚，握持也。 字亦作贽 (to grip; it can also be written as 贽). 2. 《周礼·大宗伯》: 以禽作六挚 (using birds to make six gifts). 3. 《仪礼·士冠礼》: 奠挚见于君 (present gifts to the sovereign). 4. 《礼记·郊特牲》: 执挚以相见 (hold gifts to meet). 5. 宋·王安石《葛兵祖墓志铭》: 先人尝受其挚，阅不终篇，而屡叹葛氏之多子也 (ancestors received their gifts and sighed repeatedly about the many children of the Ge family). 例 - 挚币 (material used in ancient times for ceremonies or as gifts). 古国名 - Zhi state, located in southeastern Ru'nan, Henan Province. 引 1. 《诗·大雅·大明》: 挚仲氏任，自彼殷商，来嫁于周 (the Zhi clan married into the Zhou from the Shang). 通“贽” - Meeting gifts. 引 1. 《仪礼·士冠礼》: 奠挚见于君 (gifts are presented to the sovereign). 2. 《周礼·春官·大宗伯》: 以禽作六挚 (using birds to create six gifts). 3. 《礼记·郊特牲》: 执挚以相见 (hold gifts to meet). 姓 - It is also used as a surname. 动 1. To arrest, seize. 引 1. 《吕氏春秋》: 挚执妻子 (arresting wives and children). 例 - 挚执 (to detain). 2. To strike. 引 1. 《淮南子》: 行冬令，则风寒不时，鹰隼蚤挚，四鄙入保 (during winter days, hawks seize, and all return for protection). 3. To pinch. 引 1. 《文选·张衡·西京赋》: 百卉具零，刚虫搏挚 (various bugs pinch). 4. To arrive at. 引 1. 《书·西伯戡黎》: 天曷不降威，大命不挚 (why hasn’t heaven descended its might?). 2. 挚而有别 (arrive distinctly) —《诗·关雎》传. 形 1. Earnest, sincere. 例 - 挚伴 (intimate and sincere partner), 挚切 (sincere), 挚热 (sincere and fervent), 挚醇 (sincere and simple). 2. Same as "鸷", meaning ferocious. 引 1. 《礼记·曲礼上》: 前有挚兽 (there were ferocious beasts in front). 2. 《史记·货殖列传》: 趋时若猛兽挚鸟之发 (go with the times like fierce beasts and ferocious birds).