淒

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 凄

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qī, qiàn
Cantonese: cai1
JapaneseKun: SAMUI
JapaneseOn: SEI SAI
Korean: CHE
Vietnamese: thê

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: bitter cold, miserable, dreary

CE-Dict: intense cold/frigid/dismal/grim/bleak/sad/mournful

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.cold and chilly
2.cloudy and rainy
3.sad; wretched; miserable; tragic; sorrowful; desolate

1.grieved; sorrowful; afflicted

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: chilly; cold; miserable; sad

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: chilly; cold; miserable; sad

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》淒雲雨起也。从水妻聲。《詩》曰：「有渰淒淒。」

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】淒
【唐韻】七稽切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】千西切，𠀤音妻。【說文】雲雨起貌。【詩·小雅】有渰淒淒。　又寒涼也。【詩·邶風】淒其以風。　又水名。【山海經】翠山西二百五十里曰騩山，淒水出焉。　又【集韻】千咨切，音郪。亦雲雨起也。　又此禮切，音泚。義同。　又倉甸切，音蒨。淒浰，疾貌。或从倩作𣹥。通作倩。【司馬相如·子虛賦】儵眒淒浰。徐廣讀。漢書文選作倩浰。

CF-Dict: triste/solitaire

Han-De-Dict: traurig (u.E.)