(): Slovakia, Slovak, abbr. for 斯洛伐克

() is a Chinese character meaning “slovakia.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural) and (structural). It ranks #168 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. Slovakia
  2. Slovak
  3. abbr. for 斯洛伐克

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
é luó sīRussia
bā sīBath city in southwest England
chá ěr sīCharles
qióng sīJones (name)
dān ní sīDennis (name)
ào sī kǎ(film industry) Oscar (Academy Award)
bù lǔ sīblues (music) (loanword)
luó sīRoth, Ross, Rose or Rossi (name)
dá lā sīDallas
ní sīNice (city in France)
bō sīPersia
dí sī kē(loanword) disco
ào sī tīngAustin or Austen (name)
dài wéi sīDavis or Davies (name)
wǎ sīgas (loanword)
100
Total compounds
3
As first character
76
As last character
21
As middle character

appears in 100 compound words: 3 as the first character, 76 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

é
0.695722,008 co-occurrences
tǎn
0.638428,508 co-occurrences
0.6171,253,378 co-occurrences
luó
0.577555,455 co-occurrences
0.570784,410 co-occurrences
0.5631,033,308 co-occurrences
tuō
0.563295,242 co-occurrences
0.548222,036 co-occurrences
0.545471,324 co-occurrences
0.543259,218 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (86)

Ā'ěrbēisīHSK 7+

Alps

ĀsīlìkāngHSK 7+

AstraZeneca (the COVID-19 vaccine made by the AstraZeneca company)

āsīpǐlíngHSK 7+

aspirin

noun
Àilìsī QuánHSK 7+

Alice Springs (a town in the Northern Territory, Australia)

ÀisījīmóHSK 7+

Eskimo

ÀiyīnsītǎnHSK 7+

Einstein

ÀodéxiūsīHSK 7+

Odysseus

ÀogǔsīdūHSK 7+

Augustus

ÀogǔsītǎHSK 7+

Augusta (a city, the state capital of Maine, United States)

ÀosīwēixīnHSK 7+

Auschwitz (a city in Poland); Auschwitz (the concentration camp)

BājīsītǎnHSK 7+

Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

BāsīdìyàHSK 7+

Bastia

Showing 12 of 86 idioms containing .

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

老师教我们字的发音和笔顺。

lǎo shī jiào wǒ men sī zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .

The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "斯."

WorldjournalFeb 2026

冬奥/男子4人雪车洛赫纳再登顶 马尔吉创5金纪录

dōng ào nán zǐ 4 rén xuě chē 洛 hè nà zài dēng dǐng mǎ ěr jí sī chuàng 5 jīn jì lù

Winter Olympics/Men's 4-man bobsleigh, Lochner reached the top again, and Margis set a 5-gold record

Hk01.comFeb 2026

...超|北伦敦打吡阿仙奴作客4:1胜热刺 伊、约基尼梅开二度

. . . chāo běi lún dūn dǎ 吡 ā xiān nú zuò kè 4 : 1 shèng rè cì yī sī , yuē jī ní sī méi kāi èr dù

... North London Derby Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Isis and Jokinis scored twice

Hk01.comFeb 2026

英超|阿仙奴作客4:1胜热刺 伊及基奥基尼各入两球

yīng chāo ā xiān nú zuò kè 4 : 1 shèng rè cì yī sī jí jī ào jī ní sī gè rù liǎng qiú

Premier League | Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 away to Isis and Keoginis scored two goals each

Hk01.comFeb 2026

英超|阿仙奴作客4:1胜热刺 伊、基奥基尼梅开二度

yīng chāo ā xiān nú zuò kè 4 : 1 shèng rè cì yī sī , jī ào jī ní sī méi kāi èr dù

Premier League | Arsenal beat Tottenham 4:1 away from home to Ys and Keoginis scored twice

Hk01.comFeb 2026

巴基坦空袭阿富汗境内 阿国防部:将作出适当回...

bā jī sī tǎn kōng xí ā fù hàn jìng nèi ā guó fáng bù : jiāng zuò chū shì dāng huí . . .

Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan Afghan Ministry of Defense: will make an appropriate response...

Tatoeba

您曾经去过威尼吗?

Nín céngjīng qù guo Wēinísī ma?

Have you ever been to Venice?

Tatoeba

俄罗大使馆在哪儿?

éluósī dàshǐguǎn zài nǎr?

Where is the Russian embassy?

Tatoeba

吉姆是詹姆的简称。

Jímǔ shì Zhānmǔsī de jiǎnchēng.

Jim is short for James.

Tatoeba

这里曾是黑战役的战场。

Zhèlǐ céng shì Hēisītíngsī zhànyì de zhànchǎng.

This is the place where the battle of Hastings took place.

Character Family

Radical Family — Characters sharing the axe radical

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 斯 (sī) mean in Chinese?
斯 (sī) primarily means "slovakia." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #168 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 斯 have?
斯 is written with 12 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 斯?
The radical associated with 斯 is 斤 (axe). This radical appears in many characters related to axe.
What are the components of 斯?
斯 is composed of: 其 (structural), 斤 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰其斤 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 斯?
Common words with 斯 include: 俄罗斯 (é luó sī, "Russia"); 巴斯 (bā sī, "Bath city in southwest England"); 查尔斯 (chá ěr sī, "Charles"); 琼斯 (qióng sī, "Jones (name)"); 丹尼斯 (dān ní sī, "Dennis (name)"). There are over 100 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 斯 (sī)?
Several characters share the pronunciation sī: 丝 (silk), 司 (to take charge of), 私 (personal), 思 (to think, thought), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 斯 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 斯 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.