xǐ
move one's abode
To step 彳 out on a long journey 歨
Evolution

Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 徙
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to migrate | ||
(literary) to change one's residence | ||
to migrate | ||
fig. to take preventive measures |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[s]ajʔ | sjeX | xǐ | move (to) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3411th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+5F99 |
Shuowen | “,迻也。从辵,止聲。,徙或从彳。,古文徙。” |
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