秩 zhì order
order; ordered
怎么记住“秩”: 禾 grain + 失 to lose = order. The farmer stacks every sack of grain in neat rows, because he hates to lose a single one and loves order.
部件结构
秩 = 禾 grain + 失 to lose
- 禾 grain
- 失 to lose
- ㇒ falling stroke
- 夫 husband
- 二 two
- 人 person
The farmer stacks every sack of grain in neat rows, because he hates to lose a single one and loves order.
用法
- Order - essentially only in 秩序 (zhìxù), order/orderliness.
- 秩序 = social/public order, sequence: 维持秩序 (wéichí zhìxù) to keep order, 交通秩序 traffic order.
- 井然有序 uses the related idea; 秩序 is about things being properly arranged/orderly.
- Not the everyday 'order (a command)' - that's 命令; nor 'to order food' (点菜).