稀 (xī)
rare; sparse; watery
How 稀 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 禾 — grain
- Traditional
- 稀
- Simplified
- 稀 (unchanged)
Components
- 禾 grain
- 乂 N/A
- 𠂇 left hand
- 巾 turban/scarf
Common words using 稀
- 稀罕 xīhan
- rare; uncommon; rarity
- 稀飯 xīfàn
- porridge; gruel
- 依稀 yīxī
- vaguely; dimly; probably
- 稀土 xītǔ
- rare earth (chemistry)
- 稀奇 xīqí
- rare; strange
- 稀少 xīshǎo
- sparse; rare
- 稀有 xīyǒu
- uncommon
- 稀疏 xīshū
- sparse; infrequent; thinly spread
- 稀裏糊塗 xīlihútu
- muddleheaded; careless
- 稀裡嘩啦 xīlihuālā
- rustling sound (onomatopoeia); sound of rain or of sth falling down; in disorder
- 稀釋 xīshì
- to dilute
- 古稀 gǔxī
- seventy years old
稀 in a sentence
台灣人早餐習慣吃稀飯配醬菜。
Táiwānrén zǎocān xíguàn chī xīfàn pèi jiàngcài.
“Taiwanese people are used to eating rice porridge with pickles for breakfast.”
How common is 稀?
稀 is the 1,786th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.2% of all running text.
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