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燮

xiè

Character

What 燮 means

1. to blend
2. to adjust
3. to harmonize
4. harmony

Other readings

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

• Xièsurname Xie
• xièold variant of {燮|xiè}

Words starting with 燮

• 燮友xiè yǒugentle; good-natured
• 燮和xiè héto harmonize; to live in harmony
• 燮理xiè lǐto harmonize; to adapt; to adjust

Characters that look like 燮

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

• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 赞zàn(bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 赞
• 壁bìwall; rampart
• 臀túnbuttocks; hips; rump
• 寰huánlarge domain; extensive region
• 蹙cùto knit (one's brows); wrinkled (of brows); to hesitate

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