凄
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intense cold; frigid; dismal; grim; bleak; sad; mournful; also written 淒|凄[qi1]
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Dict coverage rank #2,059 U+51C4
How 凄 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
冫 (semantic, “ice”) + 妻 (phonetic, qī)
How to remember it
miserable · Heisig RSH #2210
ice + 妻 wife
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 妻
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 妻 (qī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妻 sound component | qī | wife |
| 萋 | qī | luxuriant foliage |
Words containing 凄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凄风苦雨 | qī fēng kǔ yǔ | lit. bleak wind and icy rain (idiom); fig. hardships; miserable circumstances |
| 凄美 | qī měi | poignant; sad and beautiful |
| 凄清 | qī qīng | somber; cheerless |
| 凄然 | qī rán | distressed |
| 风雨凄凄 | fēng yǔ qī qī | wretched wind and rain |
| 凄苦 | qī kǔ | bleak; miserable |
| 凄切 | qī qiè | mournful |
| 凄暗 | qī àn | dismal; somber |
| 凄迷 | qī mí | pained and bewildered |
| 凄迷 | qī mí | dreary and fuzzy (sight) |
| 凄寒 | qī hán | cold and desolate |
| 凄凉 | qī liáng | mournful; miserable |
| 凄凉 | qī liáng | desolate (place) |
| 凄哀 | qī āi | desolate; mournful |
| 悲凄 | bēi qī | pitiable; sorrowful |
| 凄楚 | qī chǔ | sad; wretched; miserable |
| 凄惨 | qī cǎn | plaintive; mournful; miserable |
| 凄梗 | qī gěng | (literary) wailing; choking with sobs |
| 凄凄 | qī qī | cold and dismal |
| 凄厉 | qī lì | mournful (sound) |