细

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thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

纟 meaning “silk” + 田 sound ( tián )

Components 纟田

fine · Heisig RSH #1091

thread + brains

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中亚细亚	Zhōng Yà xì yà	Central Asia
细水长流	xì shuǐ cháng liú	lit. thin streams flow forever; fig. economy will get you a long way; to work steadily at …
小亚细亚	Xiǎo Yà xì yà	Asia Minor; Anatolia
心细如发	xīn xì rú fà	(idiom) meticulous; very careful or attentive
细化管理	xì huà guǎn lǐ	micromanagement
亚细安	Yà xì ān	(Singapore, Malaysia) ASEAN
细河区	Xì hé Qū	Xihe, a district of Fuxin City 阜新市[Fu4 xin1 Shi4], Liaoning
细明体	Xì míng tǐ	Mincho narrow font
亚细亚	Yà xì yà	Asia
细小病毒科	xì xiǎo bìng dú kē	Parvoviridae, a family of animal viruses
子细	zǐ xì	variant of 仔細\|仔细[zi3 xi4]
细小病毒	xì xiǎo bìng dú	parvovirus
心细	xīn xì	careful; scrupulous
细心	xì xīn	meticulous; careful; attentive
细小	xì xiǎo	tiny; fine; minute
细化	xì huà	to give a more granular level of detail; to elaborate; to refine; to become more different…
细分	xì fēn	to divide (into subgroups etc); to break down (into subcategories, subprocesses etc)
细长	xì cháng	slender
细数	xì shǔ	to enumerate; to review (events, experiences etc) in detail
细语	xì yǔ	to chat with a low voice

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
田 sound part	tián	field, farm, arable land; cultivated
甸	diàn	suburbs of the capital; to govern; crops
钿	diàn	hairpin; gold-inlaid item; filigree