xiē
a few
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
xiē
little, few; rather, somewhat; classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
Most common words with 些
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
these | ||
some | ||
those | ||
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | ||
some |
Statistics
HSK level 4
Appears in 99.7757% of movies
72nd most common character in movies
86th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+4E9B |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》:“些,語辭也,見《楚辭》。从此,从二。其義未詳。” |
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