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姒

sì

Character

What 姒 means

1. wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old)
2. elder sister (old)

Other readings

姒 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Sìsurname Si

Words starting with 姒

• 姒文命Sì Wén mìngSi Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great 大禹

Words containing 姒

• 娣姒dì sìsisters-in-law (old); various concubines of a husband (old)
• 褒姒Bāo sìBaosi, concubine of King You of Zhou 周幽王

Characters built on 以

These share the phonetic component 以 (yǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 拟nǐdoubtful; suspicious; variant of 拟
• 似sìto seem; to appear; to resemble
• 苡yǐused in 芣苡; see 薏苡

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