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厮

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(bound form) together; each other; (bound form) male servant; (bound form) dude; so-and-so (used in 那廝|那厮[na4 si1] and 這廝|这厮[zhe4 si1])

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Strokes
14
Radical
厂 +12
Structure
Upper-left enclosure 左上包
Traditional
厮
Common rank
#2,798
Unicode
U+53AE

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

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How 厮 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

厂 meaning “building” + 斯 sound ( sī )

Components 厂 斯

Words with 厮

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
长相厮守 cháng xiāng sī shǒu (of a couple) to stay together for life
小厮 xiǎo sī (literary) underage male servant
厮打 sī dǎ to come to blows; to tussle
厮杀 sī shā to fight at close quarters; to fight tooth and nail
厮守 sī shǒu to stay together; to rely on one another
那厮 nà sī that so-and-so
厮熟 sī shú familiar with one another
厮混 sī hùn (derog.) to hang out (with sb); to mix (things) together
耳鬓厮磨 ěr bìn sī mó lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom); fig. (of a boy and a girl) …
这厮 zhè sī this so-and-so
厮缠 sī chán to pester
厮搏 sī bó to come to blows; to fight; to tussle
厮锣 sī luó small gong

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 斯 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
斯 sound part sī this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
撕 sī to rip, to tear; to buy cloth
嘶 sī the neighing of a hoarse, gravel-voiced, hoarse
澌 sī to vanish, to disappear; to exhaust, to dry up