zhē

poison

zhē
to sting verb
(of an insect or arachnid) to sting or bite using a stinger or fangs [shì is the literary reading]

Have you been stung by a bee recently?

to irritate
(of a chemical or substance) to cause a stinging or smarting sensation in the eyes or on the skin

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Frequency

Character
Written text
5,017th most common 0.935 per million
Movie subtitles
4,505th most common 0.210 per million appears in 0% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.300 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.348 per million

Details

Strokes
17
Unicode
U+87AB

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