noun

Meanings

  1. 1 swine
  2. 2 pig (archaic / literary)

Examples

Gǔ wén lǐ, xī shì zhū de shūmiàn shuōfǎ.
In ancient texts xī is a literary word for a pig.
Xīxiāncǎo shì chángyòng lái zhì fēngshī guānjié tòng de cǎoyào.
St. Paul's wort is a common herb used to treat rheumatic joint pain.

Tips

usage
is a literary word for 'pig', rare on its own today. Most learners meet it in the herb name 豨莶 (St. Paul's wort), said to be named for its pig-like smell.

Components

radical
shǐ
pig; swine
('pig') on the left is the meaning-bearing radical, making the sense plain: is a kind of swine.
phonetic
to hope; rare (phonetic)
on the right gives the exact sound xī with no tone change and no meaning contribution.

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