xì
feud
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 鬩
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to argue | ||
internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ŋ̊]ˤek | xek | xì | wrangle |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4894th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 18 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9B29 |
Shuowen | “鬩,恒訟也。《詩》云:‘兄弟鬩于牆。’从鬥,从兒。兒,善訟者也。” |
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