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.