嘶
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hiss; neigh; Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 口 +12
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 嘶
- Common rank
- #3,037
- Unicode
- U+5636
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Formation & memory
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Words with 嘶
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老马嘶风 | old horse sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations | |
| 人喊马嘶 | lit. people shouting and horses neighing (idiom); fig. tumultuous; hubbub | |
| 声嘶力竭 | to shout oneself hoarse (idiom) | |
| 老骥嘶风 | old steed sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations | |
| 嘶哑声 | hoarse | |
| 嘶嘶声 | hissing or sizzling sound | |
| 嘶叫 | to whinny (of a horse); to neigh; to shout | |
| 嘶鸣 | to whinny (of a horse); to neigh | |
| 嘶哑 | (onom.) coarse crowing; hoarse; husky | |
| 嘶喊 | to shout | |
| 嘶吼 | to yell; to shout |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 斯 — compare how they read.