涕
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tears; nasal mucus
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 水 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 涕
- Common rank
- #2,507
- Unicode
- U+6D95
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
snot · Heisig RSH #2282
弟 younger brother + 水 water
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 涕
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一把眼泪一把鼻涕 | with one's face covered in tears (idiom) | |
| 破涕为笑 | to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness | |
| 涕泪交流 | tears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom); weeping tragically | |
| 涕泪交加 | (idiom) weeping uncontrollably | |
| 流鼻涕 | to have a runny nose | |
| 感激涕零 | to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears | |
| 鼻涕虫 | a slug; sb with a runny nose | |
| 痛哭流涕 | weeping bitter tears | |
| 涕泗横流 | tears and mucus flowing profusely; sniveling; in a tragic state | |
| 鼻涕 | nasal mucus; snivel; snot | |
| 涕零 | to shed tears; to weep | |
| 滴滴涕 | (loanword) DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) | |
| 涕泗纵横 | tears and mucus flowing profusely; sniveling; in a tragic state | |
| 拾人涕唾 | to plagiarize (idiom) | |
| 涕泣 | to weep; to shed tears | |
| 涕唾 | nasal mucus and spittle | |
| 擤鼻涕 | to blow one's nose | |
| 涕泗滂沱 | a flood of tears and mucus; broken-hearted and weeping bitterly |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 弟 — compare how they read.