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缬

xié

Character Traditional 纈

What 缬 means

1. knot
2. tie a knot

Words starting with 缬

• 缬草xié cǎovalerian (Valeriana officinalis)
• 缬氨酸xié ān suānvaline (Val), an essential amino acid

Characters that look like 缬

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

• 蝎xiē(bound form) scorpion
• 螨mǎnmite
• 獭tǎotter; Taiwan pr. tà
• 斓lánused in 斑斓
• 撷xiéto collect; Taiwan pr. jié
• 褊biǎnnarrow; urgent

Sounds the same

Read xié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鞋shoe
• 胁flank (the side of one's torso); to coerce; to threaten
• 斜inclined; slanting; oblique
• 协to cooperate; to harmonize; to help
• 携to carry; to take along; to bring along
• 谐(bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous; (literary) to reach agreement
• 邪demonic; iniquitous; nefarious
• 挟(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce…
• 偕in company with
• 叶to be in harmony
• 页head
• 颉(of a bird) to fly upwards; (of the neck) stiff