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屑
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bits

HSK 7
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xiè
セツ
くず、いさぎよ.い
설
Phonosemantic compound. 尸 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.
Components
尸 sitting person+ 肖 resemble =
屑 bits
尸 Meaning component
shī sitting person
person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies)
肖 Phonetic component
xiào resemble
look like, resemble, be like
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Notes
Similar Characters
刷 brush尉 officer尼 nun尾 tail尿 urine屎 excrement孱 unfit尻 end of spine局 bureau屁 fart屃 gigantic (simp)屄 the vagina屈 knuckle under屌 obscene exclamation屍 corpse (trad)展 unfold屙 to ease nature屠 slaughter屡 often (simp)屢 time and again (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
屑
Regular
Modern
Chinese
屑 [xiè]
bits; fragments; crumbs; filings; trifling; trivial; to condescend to
Japanese
屑 くず 、 クズ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana waste; scrap; garbage; dregs
  2. usually kana scum; piece of trash; loser
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
ラップは屑だ。
Rap is crap.
CHINESE WORDS (25)
不屑 [bù​xiè] #15,521
to disdain to do sth
不屑一顾 [bù​xiè​yī​gù] #22,520
to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)
不屑一顾 [bù​xiè​yī​gù] #22,520
to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)
面包屑 [miàn​bāo​xiè] #17,446
breadcrumbs
面包屑 [miàn​bāo​xiè] #17,446
breadcrumbs
木屑 [mù​xiè] #24,315
wood shavings
头皮屑 [tóu​pí​xiè] #31,066
dandruff
头皮屑 [tóu​pí​xiè] #31,066
dandruff
碎屑 [suì​xiè] #29,626
fragments
碎屑岩 [suì​xiè​yán] #43,228
clastic rock (geology)
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JAPANESE WORDS (59)
星屑 [ほしくず] #38,471
(countless) stars in the night sky
⭐ 紙くず [かみくず] #39,126
wastepaper
鉄くず [てつくず] #54,171
scrap iron
人間のクズ [にんげんのクズ] #54,256
scum of society
木くず [きくず] #55,007
wood chips
糸くず [いとくず] #57,674
waste thread
藻屑 [もくず] #61,879
scraps of seaweed
海の藻屑 [うみのもくず] #61,936
watery grave
くず鉄 [くずてつ] #63,440
scrap iron
パン屑 [パンくず] #69,447
breadcrumbs
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