撕
to tear
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,912 U+6495
How 撕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 斯 (phonetic, sī)
How to remember it
rip · Heisig RSH #2739
fingers + 斯 Sphinx
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 斯
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 斯 (sī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斯 sound component | sī | this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations |
| 厮 | sī | servant; to cause a disturbance |
| 嘶 | sī | the neighing of a hoarse, gravel-voiced, hoarse |
| 澌 | sī | to vanish, to disappear; to exhaust, to dry up |
Words containing 撕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撕破脸皮 | sī pò liǎn pí | see 撕破臉|撕破脸[si1 po4 lian3] |
| 撕破脸 | sī pò liǎn | to have an acrimonious falling-out; to shed all pretense of cordiality; to tear into each … |
| 撕心裂肺 | sī xīn liè fèi | in unbearable anguish; agonizing |
| 撕破 | sī pò | to tear; to rip |
| 撕票 | sī piào | lit. to tear the ticket; to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom) |
| 撕裂 | sī liè | to tear; to rip apart |
| 撕掉 | sī diào | to tear out (and throw away); to rip away |
| 撕碎 | sī suì | to tear to shreds |
| 撕烂 | sī làn | to tear up; to tear to pieces |
| 撕逼 | sī bī | (slang) (lit.) to tear cunt; (fig.) (of females) to have a catfight; to have a bitch fight |
| 撕扯 | sī chě | to tear apart |
| 撕咬 | sī yǎo | to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another) |
| 撕毁 | sī huǐ | to tear up; to rip up; too shred |