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Chinese symbol for “ss”

嘶
sī
hiss; neigh; Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ss is 嘶 (sī), defined as: hiss; neigh; Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

嘶 sī
the neighing of a hoarse, gravel-voiced, hoarse
radical 30 ⼝ · 15 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 嘶.

WordPinyinMeaning
声嘶力竭 (聲嘶力竭)shēng sī lì jiéto shout oneself hoarse (idiom)
嘶哑 (嘶啞)sī yǎ(onom.) coarse crowing; hoarse
嘶吼sī hǒuto yell; to shout
嘶叫sī jiàoto whinny (of a horse); to neigh
嘶鸣 (嘶鳴)sī míngto whinny (of a horse); to neigh
嘶喊sī hǎnto shout

See also: Japanese symbol for “ss”.

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.

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