羲

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See also: 義 and 羛
羲 U+7FB2, 羲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FB2
← 羱
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 羳 →

Translingual

Han character

羲 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿土竹木尸 (TGHDS), four-corner 80253, composition ⿱𦍌⿹⿰禾戈丂)

  1. breath, vapor

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 953, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28552
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1398, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3137, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+7FB2

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 羲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 羲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (我) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
莪 *ŋaːl
哦 *ŋaːl
娥 *ŋaːl
峨 *ŋaːl
峩 *ŋaːl
鵝 *ŋaːl
俄 *ŋaːl
蛾 *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
睋 *ŋaːl
涐 *ŋaːl
誐 *ŋaːl
硪 *ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
我 *ŋaːlʔ
騀 *ŋaːlʔ
餓 *ŋaːls
義 *ŋrals
儀 *ŋral
轙 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
檥 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
蟻 *ŋralʔ
艤 *ŋralʔ
礒 *ŋralʔ
羛 *ŋralʔ, *hŋral
議 *ŋrals
犧 *hŋral
曦 *hŋral
羲 *hŋral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hŋral) : semantic 兮 + phonetic 義 (OC *ŋrals).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 羲
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許羈切
Baxter xje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hjiə̆/
Li
Rong 		/xje/
Wang
Li 		/xǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hei1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 羲
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xje ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋ̊(r)aj/
English (proper name)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 羲
Reading # 1/1
No. 13059
Phonetic
component 		我
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		犧
Old
Chinese 		/*hŋral/

Definitions

羲

  1. Used in personal names.
  2. Short for 伏羲 (Fúxī).
  3. Short for 羲和 (xīhé).
  4. † breath; vapor; gas
  5. Alternative form of 曦 (xī)
  6. Short for 王羲之 (Wáng Xīzhī).
  7. a surname

Usage notes

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

羲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Used in personal names.

Readings

  • On (unclassified): ぎ (gi); き (ki)
  • Kun: いき (iki)

Korean

Hanja

羲 (eum 희 (hui))

  1. Fu Xi (伏羲 氏, 伏犧 氏: king and culture hero in ancient Chinese legend)

Vietnamese

Han character

羲: Hán Nôm readings: hi

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