螅

螅 · xī

intestinal worm

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xī
Cantonese
sik1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

intestinal worm

Dictionary definitions & readings

螅 xī · used in 水螅 shuǐ xī

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42879.020:xī,cì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1232.010:xī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
393.110:xī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xī粵sik1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
去例 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIHUP Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5613.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1092.260 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8785
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6100

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
螅
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
khjejH · 去例 · 蟹開三去祭溪 · #2408

PHONO-ML, source line 13911; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kDaeJaweon
1557.160
kHanYu
42879.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
1557.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42879.020
kIRGKangXi
1092.260
kKangXi
1092.260
kMorohashi
33367
kSMSZD2003Index
618.16
kCangjie
LIHUP
kFourCornerCode
5613.0
kMojiJoho
MJ023624
kPhonetic
1187
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7323
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EB67
kIRG_JSource
J1-5B3A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-723D
kIRG_KSource
K2-5C67
kIRG_TSource
T2-5A35
kRSUnicode
142.10
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EB67
kCCCII
232B53
kCNS1986
2-5A35
kCNS1992
2-5A35
kEACC
232B53
kGB0
8303
kGB1
8303
kJis1
5926
kMainlandTelegraph
7911
kTGH
2013:6100
kXerox
321:127
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+22438+142.6.10
kCantonese
sik1
kDefinition
intestinal worm
kFanqie
去例
kHanyuPinyin
42879.020:xī,cì
kJapanese
シ
kJapaneseOn
SHI SHITSU
kMandarin
xī
kSMSZD2003Readings
xī粵sik1
kTGHZ2013
393.110:xī
kXHC1983
1232.010:xī

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 螅0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
虫 beside 息 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫息$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫息$(GHTJKP)

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