溪 — Chinese character
溪
xī
brook, creek, stream
- Pinyin
- xī
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 氵 奚
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 奚
- Japanese
- 溪 as a kanji
Common words with 溪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 溪流 | xī liú | stream |
| 小溪 | xiǎo xī | brook; streamlet |
| 溪谷 | xī gǔ | valley; gorge |
| 溪涧 (溪澗) | xī jiàn | stream; mountain gorge |
| 溯溪 | sù xī | river tracing; mountain stream climbing (recreational activity) |
| 涧溪 (澗溪) | jiàn xī | mountain stream; stream in a valley |
| 妇姑勃溪 (婦姑勃谿) | fù gū bó xī | dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles |
| 溪壑 | xī hè | valley; mountain gorge |
| 溪径 (溪徑) | xī jìng | path; (fig.) way; channel |
| 溪蟹 | xī xiè | crab of the family Potamidae of freshwater crabs |
| 溪黄草 (溪黃草) | xī huáng cǎo | Rabdosia lophanthoides (no common name), herb plant of Lamiaceae family (together with mint and lavender), used in TCM |
| 白顶溪鸲 (白頂溪鴝) | bái dǐng xī qú | (bird species of China) white-capped redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus) |
English words written with 溪
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.