Chinese Character Wiki
析

xī

to separate

Depicts chopping wood (木) with an axe (斤).

Components
木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

斤 iconic component

斤  Iconic component

jīn

  

axe

Evolution

析 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
析 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
析 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
析 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
析 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

析  

xī

split wood; break apart; divide; to separate; to divide; to analyze

Most common words with 析
Freq.
Word
Meaning

分析

to analyze

析

to separate

分析师

analyst

分析员

analyst (e.g. of news)

剖析

to analyze

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (0 verified)

晰 皙 蜥 淅 菥

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]ˤek

sek

xī

split (v.)


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 16.0340% of movies

1574th most common character in movies

1073rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+6790

Shuowen

“析，破木也。一曰折也。从木，从斤。”


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