隙

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crack; crevice; gap or interval; loophole; discord; rift

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A crack 日 dividing two things 小; 阝 provides the pronunciation

Components 阝小 ×2 日

rift · Heisig RSH #2339

pinnacle + 小 small + 泉 spring

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
云隙光	yún xì guāng	crepuscular rays; sunbeams
气隙	qì xì	air vent; air gap
空隙	kòng xì	crack; gap between two objects; gap in time between two events
间隙	jiàn xì	interval; gap; clearance
冰隙	bīng xì	crevasse
白驹过隙	bái jū guò xì	a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!
孔隙	kǒng xì	pore (geology)
裂隙	liè xì	gap; slit; crack; crevice; fracture
乘隙	chéng xì	to seize an opportunity; to exploit (a loophole)
缝隙	fèng xì	small crack; chink
隙缝	xì fèng	aperture
仇隙	chóu xì	feud; bitter quarrel
腔隙	qiāng xì	lacuna; gap
嫌隙	xián xì	hostility; animosity
观衅伺隙	guān xìn sì xì	lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom); fig. to search out one's opponent's weak…
伺隙	sì xì	to wait for the opportunity
衅隙	xìn xì	enmity
罅隙	xià xì	gap; crack; rift