溪 (xī)

Creek; stream.

How 溪 is written

Strokes
13
Radical
氵 — water
Traditional
溪
Simplified
溪 (unchanged)

Components

  • 氵 water
  • 爫 claw/talon
  • 幺 short/tiny
  • 大 big

Common words using 溪

小溪 xiǎoxī
brook; streamlet
南溪 nánxī
Nanxi county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[Yi2 bin1], Sichuan
大溪 dàxī
Daxi or Tahsi town in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
安溪 ānxī
Anxi county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian
尤溪 yóuxī
Youxi county in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian
屯溪 túnxī
Tunxi district of Huangshan city 黃山市|黄山市[Huang2 shan1 shi4], Anhui
巫溪 wūxī
Wushi county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
慈溪 cíxī
Cixi county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1], Zhejiang
慈溪市 cíxīshì
Cixi county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1], Zhejiang
本溪 běnxī
Benxi prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
溪口 xīkǒu
Xikou or Hsikou township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
溪流 xīliú
stream

溪 in a sentence

週末我們去溪邊烤肉、玩水。

Zhōumò wǒmen qù xībiān kǎoròu, wánshuǐ.

“On the weekend, we went to the creek to have a barbecue and play in the water.”

How common is 溪?

溪 is the 2,189th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.8% of all running text.

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