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)

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹, hi¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hî

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hi¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): hĭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hi¹

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• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hî
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁵/
• 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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

1. (interjection) expression of surprise

   • 嘻，甚矣憊！雖然，吾今取此然後而歸爾。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     嘻，甚矣惫！虽然，吾今取此然后而归尔。 [Classical Chinese, 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.

2. (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

 

Japanese

Kanji

嘻

(uncommon “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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