徙 — Chinese character
徙
xǐ
to move, to shift; to migrate
- Pinyin
- xǐ
- Radical
- 60 ⼻ (Step)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 彳 歨
- Formation
- ideographic — To step 彳 out on a long journey 歨
- Japanese
- 徙 as a kanji
Common words with 徙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迁徙 (遷徙) | qiān xǐ | to migrate; to move |
| 转徙 (轉徙) | zhuǎn xǐ | to migrate; to move house |
| 曲突徙薪 | qū tū xǐ xīn | lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom); fig. to take preventive measures |
徙 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 80
- Mencius 3A.3
- Mencius 4B.4
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
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.