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悉

xī
verb #22,315

Meanings

  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 all
  3. 3 in full detail

Examples

HSK 4
他对这里的情况很熟悉。
Tā duì zhèlǐ de qíngkuàng hěn shúxī.
He is very familiar with the situation here.
HSK 7-9
详情请来电咨询，我们会悉心解答。
Xiángqíng qǐng láidiàn zīxún, wǒmen huì xīxīn jiědá.
Please call for details; we will answer attentively.

Tips

usage
Common in 熟悉 (familiar) and 悉心 (attentive).

Components

radical
心 xīn
heart; mind
Bottom 心 is the indexing radical - pictograph of a heart with its four chambers. Combined with the discerning paw-print above, the whole character pictures the mind tracking every detail: to know in full. Puts 悉 in the mental-state family with 思 think, 想 imagine, 感 feel.
semantic
釆 biàn
distinguish; differentiate
Top 釆 - pictograph of an animal paw-print with claws splayed, the original graph for 'to distinguish by tracks.' Here it supplies the meaning of careful discrimination: making out fine differences. Same component appears in 番 (turn, foreign) and 释 (explain), all sharing this discerning sense.

Stroke Order

悉 xī