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皙

xī

Character

What 皙 means

1. literaryfair-skinned; of light complexion

Example sentences

• 我所爱的是白皙红润，千里挑一的。
  Wǒ suǒ ài de shì báixī hóngrùn, qiānlǐ tiāo yī de.
  My beloved is white and ruddy, chosen out of thousands.

Words containing 皙

• 白皙bái xī(of complexion or skin) fair and clear

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
• 淅xī(onomatopoeia) sound of rain, sleet etc

Characters that look like 皙

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

• 替tìto substitute for; to take the place of; to replace
• 暂zàntemporary; Taiwan pr. zhàn
• 蜜mìhoney
• 筒tǒngtube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
• 窖jiàocellar; to store in a cellar
• 蜇zhēto sting

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