欷

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欷 U+6B37, 欷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B37
← 欶
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 欸 →

Translingual

Han character

欷 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大月弓人 (KBNO), four-corner 47282, composition ⿰希欠)

  1. sob
  2. to sigh

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 568, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16087
  • Dae Jaweon: page 956, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2140, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6B37

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 欷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (希) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
桸 *hral, *hlɯl
郗 *l̥ʰɯl
絺 *l̥ʰɯl
脪 *l̥ʰɯl, *hrɯnʔ, *hlɯns
瓻 *l̥ʰɯl
希 *hlɯl
晞 *hlɯl
莃 *hlɯl
鵗 *hlɯl
稀 *hlɯl
睎 *hlɯl
豨 *hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
悕 *hlɯl
俙 *hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
欷 *hlɯl, *hlɯls
浠 *hlɯl
唏 *hlɯlʔ, *hlɯls

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 欷 欷
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 微 (20) 微 (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 香衣切 許旣切
Baxter xj+j xj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hɨi/ /hɨiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hɨi/ /hɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xiəi/ /xiəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hɨj/ /hɨjH/
Li
Rong 		/xiəi/ /xiəiH/
Wang
Li 		/xĭəi/ /xĭəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xe̯i/ /xe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xī xì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hei1 hei3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 欷 欷
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 13260 13265
Phonetic
component 		希 希
Rime
group 		微 微
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		希
Old
Chinese 		/*hlɯl/ /*hlɯls/

Definitions

欷

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

欷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

欷 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi, Yale huy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

欷: Hán Nôm readings: hi

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References

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