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淅

xī

Character

What 淅 means

1. onomatopoeiasound of rain, sleet etc

Words starting with 淅

• 淅沥xī lì(onomatopoeia) patter of rain
• 淅川县Xī chuān XiànXichuan, a county in Nanyang City 南阳市
• 淅川Xī chuānsee 淅川县

Characters built on 析

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

• 晰xīclear; distinct
• 蜥xī(bound form) lizard
• 皙xī(literary) fair-skinned; of light complexion

Characters that look like 淅

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

• 湖húlake
• 渐jiàngradual; gradually
• 晰xīclear; distinct
• 浙Zhèshort name for Zhejiang 浙江
• 粥zhōucongee; gruel; porridge
• 惭cánashamed

Sounds the same

Read xī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 息breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 西west
• 希to hope; to admire; variant of 稀
• 吸to breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 悉in all cases; know
• 惜to cherish; to begrudge; to pity
• 析to separate; to divide; to analyze
• 夕(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì
• 晰clear; distinct
• 稀sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 牺sacrifice
• 昔former times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí