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侈

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extravagant; wasteful; exaggerating

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
8
Radical
人 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
侈
Common rank
#3,532
Unicode
U+4F88

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Formation & memory

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How 侈 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A person 亻 with more than they need 多

Components 亻 多

Words with 侈

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WordPinyinMeaning
莫不逾侈 mò bù yú chǐ there is no-one who is not extravagant
穷奢极侈 qióng shē jí chǐ extravagant in the extreme (idiom)
奢侈品 shē chǐ pǐn luxury item
侈谈 chǐ tán to prate
侈靡 chǐ mí wasteful; extravagant
奢侈 shē chǐ luxurious; extravagant
侈糜 chǐ mí variant of 侈靡[chi3 mi2]