奚 (xī): surname Xi

奚 (xī) is a Chinese character meaning “surname xi.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 爫 (structural). It ranks #3024 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 大 big10 strokesFrequency #3024爫 structural

Definitions

  1. surname Xi

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
奚落xī luòto taunt
祁奚之荐qí xī zhī jiànQi Xi's recommendation (idiom)
奚啸伯xī xiào bóXi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
祁奚qí xīQi Xi (c. 620-550 BC), minister of Jin state 晉國|晋国[Jin4 guo2] of the Spring and Autumn states
厗奚tí xīold place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)
5
Total compounds
40
As first character
40
As last character
20
As middle character

奚 appears in 5 compound words: 40 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 20 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 奚 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

仲zhòng
0.4671,128 co-occurrences
斤jīn
0.4631,110 co-occurrences
恤xù
0.447216 co-occurrences
拽zhuāi
0.43548 co-occurrences
契qì
0.428606 co-occurrences
达dá
0.4031,926 co-occurrences
秃tū
0.40166 co-occurrences
谦qiān
0.385132 co-occurrences
落luò
0.3831,458 co-occurrences
嘲cháo
0.36184 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

这个奚字在古汉语中有不同的含义。

zhè gè xī zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .

In Classical Chinese, the character "嗚" has different meanings.

Character Family

大 Radical Family — Characters sharing the big radical

大dà奋fèn夫fū奖jiǎng奇qí失shī太tài套tào天tiān头tóu

Related Characters

大dà天tiān太tài头tóu夫fū失shī套tào奇qí奋fèn奖jiǎng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 奚 (xī) mean in Chinese?
奚 (xī) primarily means "surname xi." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3024 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 奚 have?
奚 is written with 10 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 奚?
The radical associated with 奚 is 大 (big). This radical appears in many characters related to big.
What are the components of 奚?
奚 is composed of: 爫 (structural), undefined (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱爫⿱幺大 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 奚?
Common words with 奚 include: 奚落 (xī luò, "to taunt"); 祁奚之荐 (qí xī zhī jiàn, "Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom)"); 奚啸伯 (xī xiào bó, "Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生"); 祁奚 (qí xī, "Qi Xi (c. 620-550 BC), minister of Jin state 晉國|晋国[Jin4 guo2] of the Spring and Autumn states"); 厗奚 (tí xī, "old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)"). There are over 5 compound words containing this character.
Is 奚 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 奚 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.