Memory phrase for the character: 隙

隙



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Meaning

crack, crevice, gap or interval, discord, rift

Pronunciation

 xì

Explanation

 Left: hill 阝, right: sun 日 with rays to all directions: 小 小

Mnemonic
 
(It causes a shadow:) The hill causes, when the sun is shining to all directions: a crack or gap.

Radicals

阝 hillThis radical shows a hill. This radical 阝 is always on the left of the hanzi. (Please note that this relatively similar radical ⻏ stands for “village” and is in the character always on the right.)
莫 negative, sunsetThe plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset. - The very similar radical stands for sunrise. This seems bizarre, but can be argued based on the characters for morning 朝 in comparison to evening 暮.
小 smallA person with tight arms appears small.
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 Vocabulary

间隙 jiàn xì  interval; gap; clearance
空隙 kòng xì  crack; gap between two objects; gap in time between two events
观衅伺隙 guān xìn sì xì  lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom); to search out one's opponent's weak points; to look for the Achilles heel
观衅伺隙 guān xìn sì xì  

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