淒 (cai1 | qi1) : chilly; bleak

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淒

cai1

qi1

[1] chilly; cold; freezing
[2] bleak; dreary; desolate

淒 and 悽 can easily be confused. Not only do they share the same pronunciations (in both jyutping and pinyin) and the same simplified form (in 凄), but they also look very much alike in written form and are close in semantic meanings.

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

淒 / 凄

Don't confuse with:
悽

This word has been viewed 2652 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Oct 2010 15:45

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淒慘 cai1 caam2 qi1 can3 = wretched; pitiable; miserable; tragic

淒涼 cai1 loeng4 qi1 liang2 = pitiful; miserable; desolate

淒冷 cai1 laang5 qi1 leng3 = desolate; chilly

淒清 cai1 cing1 qi1 qing1 = sombre; sad

淒愴 cai1 cong3 qi1 chuang4 = miserable; pitiable; wretched

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Decimal representation of this word: 淒
Unicode code for this character: U+6dd2 (off-site link)

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