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狎

xiá

Character

What 狎 means

1. bound formliteraryto take liberties with sb or sth
2. to treat frivolously

Words starting with 狎

• 狎妓xiá jì(old) to visit prostitutes
• 狎昵xiá nìintimate; taking liberties; familiar (with a negative connotation)

Words containing 狎

• 玩狎wán xiáto trifle; to dally with; to treat casually

Characters built on 甲

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

• 钾jiǎpotassium (chemistry)
• 匣xiábox
• 岬jiǎcape (geography); headland
• 胛jiǎshoulder blade
• 柙xiácage; pen; scabbard

Characters that look like 狎

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

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 押yāto mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody
• 挪nuóto shift; to move
• 抑yìto restrain; to restrict; to keep down
• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 抨pēngattack; impeach

Sounds the same

Read xiá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辖linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern…
• 峡gorge
• 狭narrow; narrow-minded
• 侠knight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 霞rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 瑕blemish; flaw in jade
• 匣box
• 暇leisure
• 遐distant; long-lasting; to abandon
• 黠(phonetic); crafty
• 硖place name
• 舺boat; Taiwan pr. jiǎ