窸

窸 · xī

faint sound, whisper

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xī
Cantonese
sik1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

faint sound, whisper

Dictionary definitions & readings

窸 xī · used in 窸窣 xī sū

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42740.200:xī Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1231.050:xī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
393.140:xī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xī粵sik1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シツ シチ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
息七 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
JCHDP Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3033.9 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0868.030 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
468.39 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7AB8
Radical
穴 · 116
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6184

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
窸
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
sit · 息七 · 臻開三入眞心 · #3287

PHONO-ML, source line 16933; 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
1001.404
kHanYu
42740.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42740.200
kIRGKangXi
0868.030
kKangXi
0868.030
kMorohashi
25631
kSBGY
468.39
kSMSZD2003Index
492.10
kCangjie
JCHDP
kFourCornerCode
3033.9
kMojiJoho
MJ019285
kPhonetic
1186
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G3-5F6A
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EAB3
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-019285
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-633F
kIRG_KSource
K2-4F44
kIRG_TSource
T2-587D
kRSUnicode
116.11
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EAB3
kCCCII
226A3D
kCNS1986
2-587D
kCNS1992
2-587D
kEACC
226A3D
kGB3
6374
kGB8
9383
kMainlandTelegraph
4527
kTGH
2013:6184
kTaiwanTelegraph
4527
kXerox
305:153
kCantonese
sik1
kDefinition
faint sound, whisper
kFanqie
息七
kHanyuPinyin
42740.200:xī
kJapanese
シツ シチ
kMandarin
xī
kSMSZD2003Readings
xī粵sik1
kTGHZ2013
393.140:xī
kTang
sit
kXHC1983
1231.050:xī

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 窸0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
穴 above 悉 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱穴悉$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱穴悉$(G)

^⿱⿱宀儿悉$(HTKP)

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