xiè
drain off
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 寫 represents the sound.
Definitions
Most common words with 瀉
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
diarrhea | ||
to flood | ||
laxative | ||
to pour down in torrents | ||
lagoon |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*s-qʰAʔ | sjaeX | xiě | to drain off |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.8581% of movies
3087th most common character in movies
2715th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 18 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7009 |
Sources
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