(chǐ)

HSK 7-98 strokes

extravagant

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
chǐ
Meaning
extravagant; wasteful; exaggerating
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰亻多

A person 亻 with more than they need 多

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

8 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.

shēchǐ
HSK 7-9

luxurious

Open 奢侈 page →
chǐ

variant of 侈靡[chi3 mi2]

Open 侈糜 page →
chǐ

wasteful; extravagant

Open 侈靡 page →

extravagant in the extreme (idiom)

Open 穷奢极侈 page →

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