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兕

sì

Character

What 兕 means

1. animal cited in ancient texts, resembling a buffalo (some say rhinoceros or female rhinoceros)

Words starting with 兕

• 兕觥sì gōngancient type of drinking vessel

Sounds the same

Read sì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 四four; 4
• 似to seem; to appear; to resemble
• 寺Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
• 肆four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton
• 饲to raise; to rear; to feed
• 巳6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake…
• 嗣succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition)
• 食to feed (a person or animal)
• 伺to watch; to wait; to examine
• 祀to sacrifice; to offer libation to
• 泗nasal mucus
• 厕used in 茅厕

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sì correctly.
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