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Originally, 兹 (traditional 茲) was composed of the grass radical 艹 atop two silk threads 幺, a combination that pointed to the proliferation of plants or the multiplying of threads, giving it the early meaning "luxuriant growth". Yet, already in the early stages of the script, the character was taken as a phonetic loan to serve as the demonstrative "this" or "here" and the adverb "now" or "at present". This borrowing proved so dominant that the original vegetal and silk associations vanished entirely; in modern usage, 兹 functions solely in formal or classical writing to specify a subject, location, or time.
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她喜欢跳华尔兹。
兹定于明日举行会议。
兹证明此人身份。
兹收到您的来信。
兹将调查结果公布如下。
兹因天气原因，活动延期举行。
兹有本公司员工张华，前往贵处办理业务。
兹经董事会决定，任命李先生为总经理。
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