淒 = 氵 + 妻

淒 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “bitter cold”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 妻 (wife).

Keyword: bitter cold
Pinyin (Mandarin): qī
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: bitter cold, miserable, dreary, горький холод, жалкий, унылый, miserable, dreary

Decomposition

ids

氵 water
妻 wife

How to find 淒 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “wife”. 淒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 淒 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.