I thought pinyin was hard, then I see these characters, I was like oh shit, this is going to take me forever. Anyone got a trick, a system of learning this? there must be? surley it is way too hard to memorise all this.
之 zhī​ (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it 3

只 zhī​ classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc 隻 1

只 zhǐ​ but / only 祇 1

只 zhǐ​ only / merely / just / but 1

至 zhì​ arrive / most / to / until 2

值 zhí​ value / (to be) worth / to happen 3

制 zhì​ manufacture 製 3

制 zhì​ system / to make / to manufacture / to control / to regulate 3

知 zhī​ to know / to be aware 3

指 zhǐ​ finger / to point / to direct / to indicate / to refer to / to rely on / to count on / (hair) stands stiffly on end 1

直 zhí​ straight / vertical / frank / directly / straightly / upright 2

置 zhì​ to install / to place / to put 4

纸 zhǐ​ paper / CL: 張｜张, 沓 紙 1

支 zhī​ to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / surname Zhi / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions / watt, classifier for power of light bulbs 1/3

质 zhì​ hostage / substance / nature / quality / Taiwan pr. zhi2 質 3

智 zhì​ wisdom / knowledge

致 zhì​ to send / to devote / to deliver / to cause / to convey 3

致 zhì​ fine and close 緻 3

职 zhí​ office / duty 職

治 zhì​ to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / cure / treatment / to heal 2

志 zhì​ sign / mark / to record / write a footnote 誌 4

志 zhì​ aspiration / ambition / the will 4

止 zhǐ​ to stop / to prohibit / until
汁 zhī​ juice 4

旨 zhǐ​ imperial decree / purport / aim / purpose

脂 zhī​ fat / rouge (cosmetics) / resin

枝 zhī​ branch / classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc 3

址 zhǐ​ location / site

芝 zhī​ Zoysia pungens

植 zhí​ to plant 4

识 zhì​ to record / write a footnote 識

织 zhī​ to weave / to knit 織 2

执 zhí​ to execute (a plan) / to grasp 執

酯 zhǐ​ ester

滞 zhì​ sluggish 滯

肢 zhī​ limb

掷 zhì​ to toss / to throw dice / Taiwan pr. zhi2 擲 4

徵 zhǐ​ 5th note in pentatonic scale

芷 zhǐ​ angelica (type of iris; plant root used for medicine)

痣 zhì​ birthmark / mole

炙 zhì​ to broil / to roast

痔 zhì​ piles / hemorrhoid

趾 zhǐ​ toe

稚 zhì​ infantile / young

侄 zhí​ nephew by the male line 姪

侄 zhí​ nephew

栀 zhī​ gardenia / cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides) / same as 栀子 梔

祗 zhī​ respectful (ly)

殖 zhí​ to grow / to reproduce

柣 zhí​ threshold

峙 zhì​ peak / to store

値 zhí​ Japanese variant of 直

挚 zhì​ surname Zhi / sincere 摯

衹 zhǐ​ variant of 祇｜只, only / merely

枳 zhǐ​ (orange) / hedge thorn

雉 zhì​ ringed pheasant

秩 zhì​ order / orderliness

郅 zhì​ surname Zhi / extremely

窒 zhì​ obstruct / stop up

陟 zhì​ to advance / to ascend / to promote

祉 zhǐ​ felicity

庤 zhì​ prepare

蛭 zhì​ fluke / leech / hirudinea

帜 zhì​ flag 幟

迣 zhì​ to leap over

跖 zhí​ sole of foot
What the? and there is way more than that.

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