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奚
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where? what? how? why?

HSK 10
Human →Emotions
xī
ケイ
なんぞ
해
Depicts a hand holding a rope tied to a slave. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
爫 claw (top)+ 幺 one+ 大 big =
奚 where? what? how? why?
爫 Iconic component
zhǎo claw (top)
radical 87
爫 is a component form of 爪. Depicts a hand.
幺 Iconic component
yāo one
youngest
Depicts a rope.
大 Iconic component
dà big
big, great, vast, large, high
Depicts a person.
Notes
Similar Characters
乳 breast亂 chaos (trad)受 accept妥 appropriate孚 brood寽 handful爭 contend (trad)爯 pick up爰 lead舀 dip虢 name of ancient采 pluck (simp)檃 舜 legendary ruler覓 try to find (trad)觅 search (simp)吆 bawl幼 young後 after/behind (trad/jp)樂 music (trad)
Historical Evolution
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Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
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Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
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Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
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Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
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Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
奚
Regular
Modern
Chinese
奚 [Xī]
surname Xi
奚 [xī]
(literary) what?; where?; why?
Japanese
何ぞ 、 奚 (rare) なんぞ 、 なにぞ 、 なぞ 同音
  1. exp. something
  2. exp.adj-no usually kana what
  3. adverb why; how
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
奚 けい
Kei surnamegiven name
奚 けいじ
Keiji unclassified name
奚 まこと
Makoto given name
CHINESE WORDS (7)
奚落 [xī​luò] #17,499
to taunt
奚啸伯 [Xī​Xiào​bó] #66,268
Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
奚啸伯 [Xī​Xiào​bó] #66,268
Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
厗奚 [Tí​xī]
old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)
祁奚 [Qí​Xī]
Qi Xi (c. 620-550 BC), minister of Jin state 晉國|晋国[Jìn​guó] of the Spring and Autumn states
祁奚之荐 [Qí​Xī​zhī​jiàn]
Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty
祁奚之荐 [Qí​Xī​zhī​jiàn]
Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
何ぞ [なんぞ] #35,043
something
安んぞ [いずくんぞ] #187,826
how
奚琴 [けいきん]
xiqin (2-stringed Chinese musical instrument)