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硖

xiá

Character Traditional 硤

What 硖 means

1. place name

Characters built on 夹

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

• 峡xiágorge
• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 侠xiáknight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 颊jiácheeks
• 荚jiápod (botany)
• 浃jiāsoaked; to wet; to drench
• 蛱jiásee 蛱蝶
• 铗jiápincers for use at a fire; sword

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
• 狎(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously
• 舺boat; Taiwan pr. jiǎ