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汜

sì

Character

What 汜 means

1. stream which returns after branching

Characters built on 巳

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

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-
• 祀sìto sacrifice; to offer libation to
• 圯yíbridge, bank

Characters that look like 汜

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 纪jìorder; discipline; age
• 迟chílate; delayed; slow
• 迅xùnrapid; fast
• 沈shěn(literary) juice
• 杞qǐChinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense); willow
• 沅YuánYuan river in Guizhou and Hunan

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