嘻

See also: 譆

嘻	U+563B, 嘻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-563B

← 嘺
[U+563A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嘼 →
[U+563C]

Translingual

Han character

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

mirthful, happy
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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ / hi¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hî

(Meixian, Guangdong): hi¹
Eastern Min (BUC): hĭ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hi¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hi

(Teochew, Peng'im): hi¹

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 / hi¹
  - Yale: hēi / hī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ / hi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ / hi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/, /hiː⁵⁵/

Note: hi1 - onomatopoeia.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hî
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hi¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi
  - Tâi-lô: hi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hi¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi³³/

Middle Chinese: xi

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

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰɯ/

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

(interjection) expression of surprise
- 嘻，甚矣憊！雖然，吾今取此然後而歸爾。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  嘻，甚矣惫！虽然，吾今取此然后而归尔。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Gongyang, c. 206 BCE– 9 CE
  Xī, shènyǐ bèi! Suīrán, wú jīn qǔ cǐ ránhòu ér guī ěr. [Pinyin]
  What?! How exhausted they truly are! But still, I will today conquer this town before returning.
(onomatopoeia) representation for laughter

Compounds

嘻和
嘻哈 (xīhā)
嘻嘻 (xīxī)
嘻嘻出出
嘻嘻哈哈 (xīxīhāhā)
嘻嘻嗄嗄
嘻嘻嘩嘩 (hi-hi-hōa-hōa) (Min Nan)
嘻嘻笑笑 (xīxīxiàoxiào)
嘻皮笑臉 (xīpíxiàoliǎn)
嘻笑 (xīxiào)
噫嘻
樂嘻嘻
笑嘻嘻
言笑嘻怡
譩嘻

References

莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], 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)

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)

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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