懂中文 Dong Chinese

溪

xī

mountain stream

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 奚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 谿.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

奚 sound component

奚  Sound component

xī

  

where? what? how? why?

Evolution

溪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
溪 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
溪 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

溪  

xī

mountain stream, creek; creek; rivulet

溪 (谿) 

xī

variant of 溪[xī]

Most common words with 溪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

溪

creek

小溪

brook

溪流

stream

安溪

Anxi county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quán​zhōu], Fujian

慈溪

Cixi county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Níng​bō], Zhejiang