Look closely.
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细
Traditional: 細
xì
HSK 3.0 · 4
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xì · sai3 (Jyutping)
- thin or slender
- finely particulate
- thin and soft
- fine
- delicate
- trifling
- (of a sound) quiet
- frugal
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Character breakdown
细
- Meaning
- fine, tiny; slender, thin
- Radical
- 纟
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿰纟田
- Cangjie
- VMW
- Four-corner
- 2610
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Example sentences
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