shāi

sieve

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

師 sound component

  Sound component

shī

  

teacher

Definitions

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shāi

sieve, filter, screen; sift; to filter; to sift; to sieve

Most common words with 篩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

筛选

to filter

to filter

筛子

sieve

筛骨

ethmoid bone (cheek)

分子筛

molecular sieve