嘻

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See also: 譆
嘻 U+563B, 嘻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-563B
← 嘺
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嘼 →

Translingual

Han character

嘻 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口土口口 (RGRR), four-corner 64061, composition ⿰口喜)

  1. mirthful, happy
  2. an interjection

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4276
  • Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 680, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+563B

Chinese

trad. 嘻/譆
simp. 嘻
alternative forms 𡃨

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (喜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嘻 *qʰɯ
嬉 *qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯs
禧 *qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯʔ
熹 *qʰlɯ
僖 *qʰlɯ
歖 *qʰlɯ
譆 *qʰlɯ
瞦 *qʰlɯ
喜 *qʰlɯʔ
憙 *qʰlɯʔ, *qʰlɯs
蟢 *qʰlɯʔ
糦 *kʰljɯs
饎 *kʰljɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰɯ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ).

Pronunciation

Note: hi1 - onomatopoeia.
Rime
Character 嘻
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許其切
Baxter xi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hɨ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hɨ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hɨ/
Li
Rong 		/xiə/
Wang
Li 		/xĭə/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hei1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嘻
Reading # 1/1
No. 13408
Phonetic
component 		喜
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		僖
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰɯ/

Definitions

嘻

  1. (interjection) expression of surprise
  2. (onomatopoeia) representation for laughter

Compounds

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “嘻”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 252.

Japanese

Kanji

嘻

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. mirthful
  2. happy
  3. interjection

Readings

  • Go-on: き (ki)
  • Kan-on: い (i)
  • Kun: いましめ (imashime)、やはらぐ (yaharagu)、ああ (ā)、わらふ (warafu)

Korean

Hanja

嘻 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi)

  1. harmony
  2. laugh

Vietnamese

Han character

嘻: Hán Nôm readings: hi, hảy, hề, hì, hí

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