xī
mountain stream
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 奚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 谿.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 溪
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
creek | ||
brook | ||
stream | ||
Anxi county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quánzhōu], Fujian | ||
Cixi county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Níngbō], Zhejiang |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*kʰˤe | khej | xī | valley with stream in it |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.6910% of movies
2619th most common character in movies
2194th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+6EAA |
Shuowen | “谿,山瀆無所通者。从谷,奚聲。” |
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