溪

xī

mountain stream, creek

How to write 溪, stroke by stroke

creek; rivulet; variant of 溪

Pictophonetic: semantic 氵 (water), phonetic 奚

Made of 氵 + 奚

小溪xiǎo xībrook; streamlet
溪流xī liústream
溪谷xī gǔvalley; gorge
溪径xī jìngpath; (fig.) way; channel
溪蟹xī xiècrab of the family Potamidae of freshwater crabs
溪黄草xī huáng cǎoRabdosia lophanthoides (no common name), herb plant of Lamiaceae family (together with mint and lavender), used in TCM
溯溪sù xīriver tracing; mountain stream climbing (recreational activity)
溪涧xī jiànstream; mountain gorge
涧溪jiàn xīmountain stream; stream in a valley
溪壑xī hèvalley; mountain gorge
妇姑勃溪fù gū bó xīdispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles
大溪地dà xī dìTahiti, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia (Tw)

他家后面有小溪，清可见底。
tā jiā hòu miàn yǒu xiǎo xī ， qīng kě jiàn dǐ 。
Behind his house is a stream so clear that you can see the bottom of it.
他坐在溪流旁边。
tā zuò zài xī liú páng biān 。
He sat next to the stream.
溪流潺潺，催我入眠。
xī liú chán chán ， cuī wǒ rù mián 。
The murmur of the brook lulls me to sleep.
溪水流进这个池塘里。
xī shuǐ liú jìn zhè ge chí táng lǐ 。
The stream flows into the pond.