屑 xiè crumb, scraps, filings

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中屑。

It means tiny bits, like crumbs, scraps or filings. In a carpenter's workshop, a girl sweeps the floor. Her uncle laughs and says there are wood bits everywhere. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

屑 is written in 10 strokes.

屑 — the Chinese character for crumb, scraps, filings (xiè), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 屑 — crumb, scraps, filings

Senses

bits
fragments
crumbs
filings
trifling
trivial
to condescend to

Related words

Where 屑 lives

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屑 is pronounced xiè and means “crumb, scraps, filings”.