赛

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to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel

14 strokes Dict coverage rank #448 U+8D5B

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

贝 (semantic, “money”) + 宀 (phonetic, mián)

components: 宀贝 ? unknown part

competition · Heisig RSH #1204

hamster cage + oyster

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 宀

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 宀 (mián) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
宀 sound component	mián	roof; house
蹇	jiǎn	lame, crippled; nag, donkey; slow, difficult
謇	jiǎn	to stutter; to speak boldly

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
和布克赛尔县	Hé bù kè sài ěr Xiàn	see 和布克賽爾蒙古自治縣\|和布克赛尔蒙古自治县[He2 bu4 ke4 sai4 er3 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
法利赛人	Fǎ lì sài rén	Pharisee
自行车赛	zì xíng chē sài	cycle race
打马赛克	dǎ mǎ sài kè	to censor an image; to pixelate
和布克赛尔	Hé bù kè sài ěr	see 和布克賽爾蒙古自治縣\|和布克赛尔蒙古自治县[He2 bu4 ke4 sai4 er3 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
环法自行车赛	Huán Fǎ Zì xíng chē sài	Tour de France cycle race
和布克赛尔蒙古自治县	Hé bù kè sài ěr Měng gǔ Zì zhì xiàn	Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County, in Tacheng Prefecture 塔城地區\|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 Di4 qu1], Xi…
赛马会	sài mǎ huì	horse racing organization; jockey club; turf club
马赛克	mǎ sài kè	mosaic (loanword); pixelation
赛力斯	Sài lì sī	Seres, Chinese electric vehicle brand
赛德克族	Sài dé kè zú	Seediq, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
拉力赛	lā lì sài	rally (car race) (loanword)
赛车手	sài chē shǒu	racing driver
公开赛	gōng kāi sài	(sports) open championship; open (as in "the US Open")
多日赛	duō rì sài	race of several days; many day competition
科尼赛克	Kē ní sài kè	Koenigsegg (car manufacturer)
马赛族	Mǎ sài zú	Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan; Maasai people of Kenya
公路赛	gōng lù sài	road race
赛马场	sài mǎ chǎng	race course; race ground; race track
加时赛	jiā shí sài	(sports) overtime; extra time; play-off