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吸

xī

to inhale, to suck in; to absorb; to attract

🔤 Pictophonetic: 口 (mouth) provides meaning, 及 provides pronunciation

HSK 4 6 strokes Very Common (9%)

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口

kǒu

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

及

jí

to extend; to reach; and; in time

⿰口及 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

jí

及

to extend; to reach; and; in time

3 strokes HSK 4

Words Using 吸 (95)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

吸引 ↗

xīyǐn

to attract (interest, investment etc) / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]

xīyǐn

吸引 ↗

HSK 4

to attract (interest, investment etc) / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]

to absorb / to assimilate / to ingest / to recruit

xīshōu

吸收 ↗

HSK 5

to absorb / to assimilate / to ingest / to recruit

吸取 ↗

xīqǔ

to absorb / to draw (a lesson, insight etc) / to assimilate

xīqǔ

吸取 ↗

HSK 5

to absorb / to draw (a lesson, insight etc) / to assimilate

吸 ↗

xī

to breathe / to suck in / to absorb / to inhale

xī

吸 ↗

to breathe / to suck in / to absorb / to inhale

吸血鬼 ↗

xīxuèguǐ

leech / blood-sucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers

xīxuèguǐ

吸血鬼 ↗

leech / blood-sucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers

attractive force (such as gravitation) / sex appeal / attractiveness

xīyǐnlì

吸引力 ↗

attractive force (such as gravitation) / sex appeal / attractiveness

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