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檄

xí
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 call to arms
  2. 2 official denunciation
  3. 3 war proclamation

Examples

出兵前，军队发布了讨敌的檄文。
Jūnduì fābù xí
Before going to war the army issued a denunciation against the enemy.
这篇檄文是为号召百姓起义而写的。
Xí
This denunciation was written to rally the people to rise up.

Tips

history
In imperial China a 檄 was an official document used to mobilize troops or publicly condemn an enemy. The most famous is the proclamation against 曹操, said to have cured his headache by its sheer force.

Components

radical
木 mù
wood
The wood radical 木 on the left points to the wooden tablet such proclamations were originally written and carried on before paper was common.
phonetic
敫 jiǎo
bright; to send out
敫 supplies the sound, drifted from jiǎo to xí. It also faintly suggests sending something out, fitting a document dispatched to summon armies.

Stroke Order

檄 xí