(xiā)

HSK 7-915 strokes

blind

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
xiā
Meaning
blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose
Strokes
15
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰目害

To damage 害 one's eyes 目; 害 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

15 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhuāxiā

to be caught unprepared

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báixiā

(dialect) to waste (effort, money etc)

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xiāchuī

to boast; to shoot one's mouth off

Open 瞎吹 page →
xiā

blind person

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blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see th…

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xiāchě

to talk irresponsibly

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xiācāi

to make a wild guess

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xiāyǎn

to be blind

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