奚
Meanings
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- 1.(literary) what?
- 2.where?
- 3.why?
- 1.surname Xi
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Wiktionary
- 1.where? what? how? why?
- 2.servant
- 3.the Xi (Kumo Xi) people
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): a hand 爪 grabbing a criminal slave 大 by their braids 幺. In Warring States texts the bottom of the character was often simplified, making the character interchangeable with 系. Cognate with 何 (OC *ɡaːl, “what; where; why; how”). See there for more.
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Stroke order
Components
奚⺤𡗞
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Related words
厗奚 old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)奚落 to taunt祁奚 Qi Xi (c. 620-550 BC), minister of Jin state 晋国[Jìn guó] of the Spring and Autumn states奚啸伯 Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大须生祁奚之荐 Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty