sī
neighing of a horse
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 斯 represents the sound.
Definitions
sī
neighing of a horse; gravel voiced, husky throated; (Cant.) to hiccough; hiss; neigh; Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)
Most common words with 嘶
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
hiss | ||
to shout oneself hoarse (idiom) | ||
hoarse | ||
to neigh | ||
to yell |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[s]ˤe | sej | sī | shriek |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.0572% of movies
3225th most common character in movies
2776th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+5636 |
Sources
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