撕 — Chinese character
撕
sī
to rip, to tear; to buy cloth
- Pinyin
- sī
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 扌 斯
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 斯
- Japanese
- 撕 as a kanji
Common words with 撕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撕裂 | sī liè | to tear; to rip apart |
| 撕毁 (撕毀) | sī huǐ | to tear up; to rip up |
| 撕碎 | sī suì | to tear to shreds |
| 撕破 | sī pò | to tear; to rip |
| 撕掉 | sī diào | to tear out (and throw away); to rip away |
| 撕烂 (撕爛) | sī làn | to tear up; to tear to pieces |
| 撕心裂肺 | sī xīn liè fèi | in unbearable anguish; agonizing |
| 撕票 | sī piào | lit. to tear the ticket; to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom) |
| 撕扯 | sī chě | to tear apart |
| 撕破脸 (撕破臉) | sī pò liǎn | to have an acrimonious falling-out; to shed all pretense of cordiality |
| 撕咬 | sī yǎo | to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another) |
| 撕破脸皮 (撕破臉皮) | sī pò liǎn pí | see 撕破脸 (sī pò liǎn) |
English words written with 撕
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.