恃
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(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 恃
- Common rank
- #3,128
- Unicode
- U+6043
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Formation & memory
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Words with 恃
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有恃无恐 | secure in the knowledge that one has backing | |
| 恃才傲物 | (idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous | |
| 自恃 | self-esteem; self-reliance; overconfident; conceited | |
| 恃强凌弱 | see 恃強欺弱|恃强欺弱[shi4 qiang2 qi1 ruo4] | |
| 可恃 | reliable | |
| 恃强欺弱 | to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom); to bully | |
| 失恃 | to lose sb one relies upon; to lose one's mother | |
| 凭恃 | to depend on; to rely on | |
| 仗恃 | to rely on; to depend on | |
| 怙恃 | to rely on; father and mother (classical) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 寺 — compare how they read.