to give; together with; and


Used as component in : xiě Made up of [ one radical 1]
Made with 3 strokes.
Ancient seal mark of unknown meaning
Ancient small seal form Small seal

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Also uses component: bǎi (hundred) bǐng (third in order) (no; not) chǒu (shameful) dàn (dawn) (virtue) huà (to draw) huò (maybe) jiāng (border) kāi (begin) (beautiful) liǎng (pair) měng (Mongol) miè (to extinguish) qiě (and) shì (life) zài (again) zhèng (correct)

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(rain) (language)

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(fish) (fishing) (in) (jade) (jade) (to meet) (to wish for)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

与狐谋皮 yǔ hú móu pí Make an unrealistic request of someone who is bound to refuse. A pointless request requiring someone to act against their normal character
将欲取之,必先与之 jiāng yù qǔ zhī bì xiān yǔ zhī A strategy to maintain possession. By giving up something in the hope that it will be rewarded. The story is of a dispute with a greedy neighboring kingdom. Rather than oppose a kingdom volunteered to give up land. When the greed y neighbor continued to take advantage all the neighbors united against it and all the lands were returned.