谿

谿 · xī

valley, gorge; mountain stream

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xī
Cantonese
kai1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

valley, gorge; mountain stream

Dictionary definitions & readings

谿 xī · variant of 溪 xī

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63905.080:xī,jī Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1229.100:xī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
393.170:xī Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ケイ ゲイ たにがわ たに Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
계:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
khê Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
苦奚 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
BKCOR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2846.8 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1190.210 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
091.34 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0876q Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8C3F
Radical
谷 · 150
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7959

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
谿
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
khej · 苦奚 · 蟹開四平齊溪 · #315

PHONO-ML, source line 2971; 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
1260.301
kDaeJaweon
1653.200
kGSR
0876q
kHanYu
63905.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
1653.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63905.080
kIRGKangXi
1190.210
kKangXi
1190.210
kKarlgren
126
kMatthews
511
kMeyerWempe
1011b
kMorohashi
36219 36219:E0101
kNelson
4464
kSBGY
091.34
kSMSZD2003Index
658.14
kCangjie
BKCOR
kFourCornerCode
2846.8
kHKGlyph
3872
kMojiJoho
MJ024878 MJ024878:E0101 MJ024879:E0102
kPhonetic
427
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
ATJHKP
kIRG_GSource
GE-4D44
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C1C6
kIRG_JSource
J0-6C30
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D3CE
kIRG_KSource
K0-4D2C
kIRG_TSource
T1-7551
kIRG_VSource
V1-676C
kRSUnicode
150.10
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C1C6
kCCCII
215952
kCNS1986
1-7551
kCNS1992
1-7551
kEACC
215952
kJis0
7616
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7959
kTaiwanTelegraph
6254
kXerox
316:061
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6737+150.7.10
kCantonese
kai1
kDefinition
valley, gorge; mountain stream
kFanqie
苦奚
kHangul
계:0N
kHanyuPinyin
63905.080:xī,jī
kJapanese
ケイ ゲイ たにがわ たに
kJapaneseKun
TANIGAWA
kJapaneseOn
KEI KAI
kKorean
KYEY
kMandarin
xī
kTGHZ2013
393.170:xī
kTang
*kei
kVietnamese
khê
kXHC1983
1229.100:xī
kSemanticVariant
U+5D60<kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 谿0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰奚谷$(GHTJKPV)

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