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Chinese

些

xiē

some; a few; a little; a bit (an indefinite amount)

HSK 4
radical 二
8 strokes

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Words built on it: 一些, 那些, 哪些, 這些

Meanings

character

some; a few; a little; a bit (an indefinite amount)
a bit; a bit more
Used after a noun to indicate plural number.
rather; somewhat
A modal particle.

Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字

些：語辭也。見楚辭。从此从二。其義未詳。

Xu Shen, c. 100 CE — the first analytical dictionary of Chinese characters.

國語辭典 definitions

助詞。用於句末，表示疑問、感嘆、勸阻等語氣。例：魂兮歸來，南方不可以止些。（《楚辭．宋玉．招魂》）

© Ministry of Education, Taiwan — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW, shown unaltered.

How 些 was written 字形演變

Small seal
說文小篆
Shuowen, c. 100 CE
Regular
楷書
since c. 200 CE

Historical forms collected by the legacy etymfun dataset; most characters have several attested variants.

Sources

Historical glyph forms (zdic.net 字形演变) — Rights unverified
HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
說文解字 Shuowen Jiezi (Xu Shen, c. 100 CE) — Public domain
Written form — n/a
Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0