唏

唏	U+550F, 唏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-550F

← 唎
[U+550E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

唐 →
[U+5510]

Translingual

Han character

唏 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口大大月 (RKKB), four-corner 6402₇, composition ⿰口希)

weep or sob
grieve

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 192, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3707
Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 631, character 16
Unihan data for U+550F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		唏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 唏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hlɯlʔ, *hlɯls): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl)

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi / hī / hì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: si
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹
  - Yale: syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hei¹
  - Yale: hēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi
  - Tâi-lô: hi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hī
  - Tâi-lô: hī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hi
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hi³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hi²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì
  - Tâi-lô: hì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hix
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²¹/

Middle Chinese: xj+jX, xj+jH

Rime
Character	唏	唏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (20)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	虚豈切	許旣切
Baxter	xj+jX	xj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨi^X/	/hɨi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨi^X/	/hɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xiəi^X/	/xiəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨj^X/	/hɨj^H/
Li Rong	/xiəi^X/	/xiəi^H/
Wang Li	/xĭəi^X/	/xĭəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xe̯i^X/	/xe̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xǐ	xì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei²	hei³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hlɯlʔ/, /*hlɯls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	唏	唏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13264	13266
Phonetic component	希	希
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	豨
Old Chinese	/*hlɯlʔ/	/*hlɯls/

Definitions

唏

to sigh
(onomatopoeia) laughing sound
(interjection) hey, call to gain attention

Compounds

不勝唏噓 / 不胜唏嘘
哈唏 (hah-hì) (Min Nan)
唏唏 (xīxī)
唏唏哈哈
唏哩花啦
唏噓 / 唏嘘 (xīxū)
噓唏 / 嘘唏

Synonyms

(laughter): 嘻 (xī)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siè
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
  - Yale: syè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
  - Palladius: се (se)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: haai³
  - Yale: haai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯³³/

Definitions

唏

alternative form of 齂 (xiè, “snore”)

References

zi.tools

Japanese

Kanji

唏

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: け (ke)
Kan-on: き (ki)
Kun: なげく (nageku, 唏く)

Korean

Hanja

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

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