蹊 (hai4 kai1 | xi1 qi1) : footpath; odd

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蹊

hai4 kai1

xi1 qi1

[粵] hai4 | [國] xi1
[n] footpath; path; way

[粵] kai1 | [國] qi1
[adj] odd; strange; fishy
(used only in compound form 蹺蹊 or 蹊蹺)

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: (#157)

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

蹊

This word has been viewed 2977 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on and last edited on 20th Jan 2012 11:23

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鼠蹊 syu2 hai4 = groin

蹺蹊 kiu1 kei1 qiao1 qi5 = fishy; dubious

事有蹺蹊 si6 jau5 kiu1 kei1 shi6 you3 qiao1 qi1 = something fishy going on; something isn't right

事有蹊蹺 si6 jau5 kei1 kiu1 shi4 you3 qi1 qiao1 = variant of 事有蹺蹊

蹊蹺 kei1 kiu1 qi1 qiao1 = variant of 蹺蹊

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Decimal representation of this word: 蹊
Unicode code for this character: U+8e4a (off-site link)

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