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习

xí

practice

Original meaning: 

scorch

Simplified form of 習. Phonosemantic compound. 彗 represents the sound and 日 represents the meaning. Based on the original meaning "to scorch". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The traditional component 日 was removed for simplification.

Components
彗 sound,simplified component

彗  Sound Simplified component

huì

  

broom

日 meaning,deleted component

日  Meaning Deleted component

rì

  

sun

The traditional component 日 was removed for simplification.

Evolution

习 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
习 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
习 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
习 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
习 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

习 (習) 

xí

practice; flapping wings; to practice; to study; habit

习 (習) 

Xí

surname Xi

Most common words with 习
Freq.
Word
Meaning

学习

to learn

习惯

habit

练习

to practice

实习生

intern (student)

实习

to practice

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-ɢʷəp (with root *ɢʷəp ‘wing’?)

zip

xí

repeat; practice


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 54.5411% of movies

737th most common character in movies

676th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Traditional

習

Unicode

U+4E60

Shuowen

“羽，鳥長毛也。象形。”


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