斥
to blame; to reprove; to reprimand; to expel; to oust; to reconnoiter; (of territory) to expand; saline marsh
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Dict coverage rank #1,878 U+65A5
How 斥 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Someone scolded for cutting themselves 丶 with an axe 斤
How to remember it
reprimand · Heisig RSH #935
tomahawk + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 斥 as their sound component
These characters all use 斥 (chì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斥 sound component | chì | to scold, to upbraid; to accuse, to blame; to reproach |
| 拆 | chāi | to break open, to split up, to tear apart |
| 坼 | chè | to crack, to open, to split, to tear |
Words containing 斥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 同性相斥 | tóng xìng xiāng chì | like polarities repel each other; (fig.) like repels like |
| 推斥力 | tuī chì lì | (physics) repulsive force |
| 面斥 | miàn chì | to reproach sb to his face |
| 斥力 | chì lì | repulsion (in electrostatics); repulsive force |
| 相斥 | xiāng chì | mutual repulsion (e.g. electrostatic); to repel one another |
| 指斥 | zhǐ chì | to denounce; to censure; to rebuke |
| 弹斥 | tán chì | accuse and criticize |
| 斥资 | chì zī | to spend; to allocate funds |
| 推斥 | tuī chì | (physics) to repulse; repulsion |
| 排斥 | pái chì | to reject; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to repel |
| 斥退 | chì tuì | to dismiss (from a post); to expel from school; to order away (servants etc) |
| 痛斥 | tòng chì | to criticize harshly; to denounce; to attack viciously |
| 斥候 | chì hòu | to reconnoiter; to scout; scout |
| 充斥 | chōng chì | to be full of; to flood; to congest |
| 严斥 | yán chì | to scold; to censure |
| 斥责 | chì zé | to lash out; to reprimand |
| 怒斥 | nù chì | to angrily rebuke; to indignantly denounce |
| 互斥 | hù chì | mutually exclusive |
| 训斥 | xùn chì | to reprimand; to rebuke; to berate; stern criticism |
| 申斥 | shēn chì | to rebuke; to blame; to denounce |