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疵

cī

flaw

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 此 represents the sound.

Components
疒 meaning component

疒  Meaning component

nè

  

sick

此 sound component

此  Sound component

cǐ

  

this

Evolution

疵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
疵 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
疵 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
疵 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
疵 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

疵  

cī

flaw, fault, defect; disease; blemish; flaw; defect

Most common words with 疵
Freq.
Word
Meaning

瑕疵

blemish

吹毛求疵

nitpick

疵

flaw

大醇小疵

a rough diamond

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.8260% of movies

3143rd most common character in movies

3986th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+75B5

Shuowen

“疵，病也。从疒，此聲。”


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