溪 (kai1 | xi1) : stream; creek; brook

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溪

kai1

xi1

stream; creek; brook; rivulet; rill

Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

溪

This word has been viewed 6285 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 7th Aug 2007 00:22 and last edited on 1st Apr 2014 10:33

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北溪 bak1 kai1 bei3 xi1 = Chinese North Water Deity

溪水 kai1 seoi2 xi1 shui3 = stream

小溪 siu2 kai1 xiao3 xi1 = streamlet

大溪地 daai6 kai1 dei6 = Tahiti

溪澗 kai1 gaan3 xi1 jian4 = mountain stream

溪流 kai1 lau4 xi1 liu2 = brook; stream

本溪 bun2 kai1 ben3 xi1 = Benxi

慈溪 ci4 kai1 ci2 xi1 = Cixi (city in Zhejiang)

蒼溪 cong1 kai1 cang1 xi1 = Cangxi (place in Sichuan)

金溪 gam1 kai1 jin1 xi1 = Jinxi (place in Jiangxi)
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Decimal representation of this word: 溪
Unicode code for this character: U+6eaa (off-site link)

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