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溪

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creek

HSK 7

Nature →Elements →Water

xī

ケイ

たに、たにがわ

계

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 奚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 谿.

Components

氵 water (drops)+ 奚 where? what? how? why? =

溪 creek

氵 Meaning component

shui water (drops)

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

奚 Phonetic component

xī where? what? how? why?

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

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)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

溪

Regular

Modern

Chinese

溪 [xī]

creek; rivulet

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

溪けい

Kei given name

溪たに

Tani surname

CHINESE WORDS (155)

小溪 [xiǎoxī] #10,653

溪流 [xīliú] #27,838

安溪 [Anxī] #24,678

Anxi county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quánzhōu], Fujian

慈溪 [Cíxī] #27,635

Cixi county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Níngbō], Zhejiang

玉溪 [Yùxī] #28,266

Yuxi prefecture level city in Yunnan

本溪 [Běnxī] #31,404

Benxi prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China

溪谷 [xīgǔ] #53,251

兰溪 [Lánxī] #37,422

Lanxi county level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jīnhuá], Zhejiang

兰溪 [Lánxī] #37,422

Lanxi county level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jīnhuá], Zhejiang

安溪县 [Anxīxiàn] #40,451

Anxi county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quánzhōu], Fujian

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JAPANESE WORDS (2)

⭐ 渓谷 [けいこく] #21,971

valley (with a river running through it)

渓間 [けいかん] #129,893

KOREAN WORDS (1)