Keyword
intense cold
- bitter cold
- miserable
- dreary
- Frequency
- #3143
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
qī
Mnemonic
冫 (ice) gives the meaning and 妻 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
凄惨
plaintive; mournful; miserable
凄凉
mournful; miserable; desolate (place)
凄
intense cold; frigid; dismal; grim; bleak; sad; mournful; also written 凄 (qī)
凄苦
bleak; miserable
凄美
poignant; sad and beautiful
凄厉
mournful (sound)
凄清
somber; cheerless
凄迷
pained and bewildered; dreary and fuzzy (sight)
凄婉
melancholy; moving and sad; sweet and piteous
凄凄
cold and dismal
凄然
distressed
凄楚
sad; wretched; miserable
悲凄
pitiable; sorrowful
凄风苦雨
lit. bleak wind and icy rain (idiom); fig. hardships; miserable circumstances
凄切
mournful
凄怆
pitiful; painful; heartrending
凄惶
distressed and terrified; distraught (literary)