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渫

xiè

Character

What 渫 means

1. to get rid of
2. to discharge
3. to dredge

Other readings

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

• Xièsurname Xie

Words containing 渫

• 浚渫jùn xièto dredge

Characters built on 枼

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

• 谍diéto spy
• 蝶dié(bound form) butterfly
• 碟diédish; plate
• 喋diéused in 喋喋; used in 喋血
• 牒dié(official) document; dispatch
• 鲽diéflatfish; flounder; sole
• 堞diébattlements
• 蹀diéto tread on; to stamp one's foot

Sounds the same

Read xiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 谢to thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse
• 械appliance; tool; weapon
• 泄(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
• 卸to unload; to remove; to detach; to get rid of
• 屑bits; fragments; crumbs
• 泻to flow out swiftly; to flood; a torrent
• 蟹crab
• 写used in 写意
• 榭pavilion
• 解acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old); variant of 懈
• 亵obscene; disrespectful
• 懈lax; negligent