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嘻

嘻

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

Translingual

Han character

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 嘻

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

Pronunciation

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
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
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

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

嘻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. mirthful
  2. happy
  3. interjection

Readings

  • On: き (ki), い (i)
  • Kun: いましめ (imashime), やはらぐ (yaharagu), ああ (aa), わらふ (warafu)

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. harmony
  2. laugh

Vietnamese

Han character

嘻 (hi, hảy, hề, hì, hí)

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