Chinese Character Wiki

徙

xǐ

move one's abode

To step 彳 out on a long journey 歨

Components
彳 meaning component

彳  Meaning component

chì

  

walk

歨 meaning component

歨  Meaning component

bù

  

Evolution

徙 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
徙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
徙 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
徙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

徙  

xǐ

move one's abode, shift, migrate; (literary) to change one's residence

Most common words with 徙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

迁徙

to migrate

徙

(literary) to change one's residence

转徙

to migrate

曲突徙薪

fig. to take preventive measures

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

屣

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

屣 蓰

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]ajʔ

sjeX

xǐ

move (to)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3411th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+5F99

Shuowen

“，迻也。从辵，止聲。，徙或从彳。，古文徙。”


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