Chinese symbol for “uncommon”
稀有
xī yǒu
uncommon; rare
The closest CC-CEDICT match for uncommon is 稀有 (xī yǒu), defined as: uncommon; rare.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “uncommon”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稀罕 | xī han | rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity |
| 新鲜 (新鮮) | xīn xiān | fresh (experience, food etc); freshness |
| 稀 | xī | sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 稀有.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稀少 | xī shǎo | sparse; rare |
| 稀缺 | xī quē | scarce; scarcity |
| 稀释 (稀釋) | xī shì | to dilute |
| 稀奇 | xī qí | rare; strange |
| 稀土 | xī tǔ | rare earth (chemistry) |
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all; to have; to possess; to own |
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
See also: Japanese symbol for “uncommon”.
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.