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噬
shì
1. to devour
2. to bite
Uncommon • Top 26% ✏️ 16 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

噬
shì
to bite, to gnaw; to snap at
16 丶

Compound Words (8)

吞噬
tūnshì
to swallow
噬咬
shìyǎo
to bite
噬菌体
shìjūntǐ
bacteriophage
吞噬作用
tūnshìzuòyòng
phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter)
吞噬细胞
tūnshìxìbāo
phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)
巨噬细胞
jùshìxìbāo
macrophage
大吞噬细胞
dàtūnshìxìbāo
macrophage
小吞噬细胞
xiǎotūnshìxìbāo
microphage (a type of white blood cell)

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Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,227
Word Frequency Rank
21,696 of 84,292

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