希

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See also: 稀
希 U+5E0C, 希
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E0C
← 帋
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 帍 →

Translingual

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

希 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大大中月 (KKLB), four-corner 40227, composition ⿱㐅布)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 329, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8813
  • Dae Jaweon: page 634, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 731, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+5E0C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 希
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts
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

Originally 𢁫, ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 爻 + 巾 (“cloth”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 希
alternative forms
𢁫
㠻
𠬹
𢂞
𭤔
𢁫
㠻
𠬹
𢂞
𭤔
𫯜
 

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 希
Mandarin Beijing /ɕi⁵⁵/
Harbin /ɕi⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ɕi²¹/
Jinan /ɕi²¹³/
Qingdao /ɕi²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ɕi²⁴/
Xi'an /ɕi²¹/
Xining /ɕji⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕi⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ɕi³¹/
Ürümqi /ɕi⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ɕi⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ɕi⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ɕi⁵⁵/
Kunming /ɕi⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ɕi³¹/
Hefei /sz̩²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕi¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕi¹³/
Hohhot /ɕi³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɕi⁵³/
Suzhou /ɕi⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕi³³/
Wenzhou /sz̩³³/
Hui Shexian /ɕi³¹/
Tunxi /ɕi¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ɕi³³/
Xiangtan /ɕi³³/
Gan Nanchang /ɕi⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /hi⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /hi²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hei⁵³/
Nanning /hi⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /hei⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hi⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /hi⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xi⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /hi³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hi²³/
Rime
Character 希
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 微 (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 香衣切
Baxter xj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hɨi/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hɨi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xiəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hɨj/
Li
Rong 		/xiəi/
Wang
Li 		/xĭəi/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hei1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 希
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xjɨj ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰəj/
English thin, sparse

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 希
Reading # 1/1
No. 13250
Phonetic
component 		希
Rime
group 		微
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		希
Old
Chinese 		/*hlɯl/

Definitions

希

  1. † Original form of 稀 (xī, “rare; sparse”).
  2. to hope; to expect; to strive for
  3. to admire; to look up to
  4. Synonym of 絺／𫄨

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 希 – see 稀 (“rare; uncommon; scarce; sparse; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 稀).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

希

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. beg, request
  2. hope
  3. rare (also 稀)
  4. Greece (short for 希臘 (Girishia))

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
希
き
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Affix

希(き) • (ki) 

  1. to hope

Compounds

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
希
き
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
稀

希 is a daiyōji replacing 稀.

Pronunciation

Affix

希(き) or 希(け) • (ki or ke) 

  1. rare; scarce
  2. sparse; dilute

Compounds

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
希
まれ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 希 – see the following entry.
【稀まれ】J
rare
(This term, 希, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

希 • (hui) (hangeul 희)

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Vietnamese

Han character

希: Hán Nôm readings: hơi, he, hê, hy, hây, hi, thu

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