檄

檄 · xí

call arms; urgency

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xí
Cantonese
hat6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

call arms; urgency

Dictionary definitions & readings

檄 xí · dispatch; order

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21302.140:xí Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1232.130:xí Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
394.080:xí Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xí粵hat6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゲキ ケキ ギャク コウ ギョウ ふれぶみ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
격:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
hịch Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
胡狄 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
DHSK Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4894.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0556.070 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
521.57 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6A84
Radical
木 · 75
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6212

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
檄
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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
hek · 胡狄 · 梗開四入青匣 · #3675

PHONO-ML, source line 19144; 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
kCihaiT
724.302
kCowles
1003
kDaeJaweon
0945.270
kFennIndex
32.02
kHanYu
21302.140
kIRGDaeJaweon
0945.270
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21302.140
kIRGKangXi
0556.070
kKangXi
0556.070
kKarlgren
329
kMatthews
2484
kMeyerWempe
680b
kMorohashi
15639
kNelson
2385
kSBGY
521.57
kSMSZD2003Index
335.01
kCangjie
DHSK
kFenn
551K
kFourCornerCode
4894.0
kHKGlyph
2017
kMojiJoho
MJ014559
kPhonetic
635
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-4F2D
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C0CA
kIRG_JSource
J0-5C7C
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-CEEE
kIRG_KSource
K0-4C2C
kIRG_TSource
T1-7373
kIRG_VSource
V1-5A74
kRSUnicode
75.13
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C0CA
kCCCII
214560
kCNS1986
1-7373
kCNS1992
1-7373
kEACC
214560
kGB0
4713
kGB1
4713
kJis0
6092
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
2907
kTGH
2013:6212
kTaiwanTelegraph
2907
kXerox
270:062
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5309+75.4.13
kCantonese
hat6
kDefinition
call arms; urgency
kFanqie
胡狄
kHangul
격:0N
kHanyuPinyin
21302.140:xí
kJapanese
ゲキ ケキ ギャク コウ ギョウ ふれぶみ
kJapaneseKun
FUREBUMI
kJapaneseOn
GEKI KEKI
kKorean
KYEK
kMandarin
xí
kSMSZD2003Readings
xí粵hat6
kTGHZ2013
394.080:xí
kTang
hek
kVietnamese
hịch
kXHC1983
1232.130:xí

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 檄0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
木 beside 敫 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰木敫$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰木敫$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.