Chinese symbol for “breathing”
哧
chī
(onom.) giggling; breathing; tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc
The closest CC-CEDICT match for breathing is 哧 (chī), defined as: (onom.) giggling; breathing; tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 哧.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吭哧 | kēng chi | to puff and blow; to whimper |
| 呼哧呼哧 | hū chi hū chi | (onom.) rapid breathing |
| 哧溜 | chī liū | (onom.) slithering; sliding |
| 呼哧 | hū chī | (onom.) sound of panting |
| 哼哧 | hēng chī | to puff hard (e.g. after running) |
| 哧溜溜 | chī liū liū | see 哧溜 (chī liū) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “breathing”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.