疵 — Chinese character
疵
cī
flaw, fault, defect; disease
- Pinyin
- cī
- Radical
- 104 ⽧ (Sickness)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 疒 此
- Formation
- pictophonetic — sickness; meaning component 疒; sound component 此
- Japanese
- 疵 as a kanji
Common words with 疵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瑕疵 | xiá cī | blemish; flaw |
| 吹毛求疵 | chuī máo qiú cī | lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious; nitpick |
| 大醇小疵 | dà chún xiǎo cī | great despite minor blemishes; a rough diamond |
English words written with 疵
疵 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Zhuangzi 7
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 10
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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