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诙

huī

Character Traditional 詼

What 诙 means

1. whimsical
2. humorous

Example sentences

• 汤姆具有诙谐的性格。
  Tom has quite a quirky personality.

Words starting with 诙

• 诙谐huī xiéhumorous; jocular; zany

Characters built on 灰

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

• 恢huī(bound form) vast; expansive; (bound form) to restore; to recover
• 盔kuīhelmet

Characters that look like 诙

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

• 恢huī(bound form) vast; expansive; (bound form) to restore; to recover
• 绕ràoto wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around
• 侯hóumarquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位; nobleman…
• 俟qíused in 万俟
• 钣bǎnmetal plate; sheet of metal
• 诛zhūto put (a criminal) to death; to punish

Sounds the same

Read huī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 挥to wave; to brandish; to command
• 恢(bound form) vast; expansive; (bound form) to restore; to recover
• 灰ash; dust; lime
• 辉(bound form) radiance; brilliance; to shine
• 徽badge; emblem; insignia
• 晖sunshine; to shine upon; variant of 辉
• 麾signal flag; to signal
• 虺sick; with no ambition
• 隳destroy; overthrow
• 煇bright; glorious
• 翚pheasant; golden pheasant; variegated
• 袆a queen's ceremonial gowns