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玺

xǐ

Character Traditional 璽

What 玺 means

1. ruler's seal

Words starting with 玺

• 玺印xǐ yìnseal (esp. of ruler)

Words containing 玺

• 印玺yìn xǐofficial seal; imperial or royal seal; papal bull
• 国玺guó xǐseal of state
• 碧玺bì xǐtourmaline
• 掌玺官zhǎng xǐ guānchancellor (rank in various European states)
• 掌玺大臣zhǎng xǐ dà chénchancellor (rank in various European states); grand chancellor
• 红璧玺hóng bì xǐtopaz

Characters built on 尔

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

• 你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您
• 弥mífull; to fill; completely
• 祢nǐyou (used to address a deity)

Characters that look like 玺

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

• 菌jūngerm; bacteria; fungus
• 歪wāiaskew; at a crooked angle; devious
• 竖shùto erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
• 萤yíngfirefly; glow-worm
• 垩èto whitewash; to plaster
• 堇jǐnclay; old variant of 仅; violet (plant)

Sounds the same

Read xǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 喜to be fond of; to like; to enjoy
• 洗to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)
• 徙(literary) to change one's residence
• 禧joy
• 铣to mill (machining); Taiwan pr. xiǎn
• 喺to be at, in or on (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 在
• 囍double happiness (similar to 喜喜); symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
• 屣slippers
• 葸feel insecure; unhappy
• 簁sieve; to sift, to strain
• 蓰(grass); increase five fold
• 枲male nettle-hemp