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羲

羲

Translingual

Han character

羲 (radical 123 羊+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿土竹木尸 (TGHDS), four-corner 80253, composition ⿱𦍌⿸⿰禾戈丂)

  1. (mythology) Fuxi, the ancient Chinese ruler and culture hero.
  2. breath, vapor

References

  • KangXi: page 953, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28552
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1398, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3137, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+7FB2

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 羲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 羲
Large seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (我) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
莪 *ŋaːl
哦 *ŋaːl
娥 *ŋaːl
峨 *ŋaːl
峩 *ŋaːl
鵝 *ŋaːl
俄 *ŋaːl
蛾 *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
睋 *ŋaːl
涐 *ŋaːl
誐 *ŋaːl
硪 *ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
我 *ŋaːlʔ
騀 *ŋaːlʔ
餓 *ŋaːls
義 *ŋrals
儀 *ŋral
轙 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
檥 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
蟻 *ŋralʔ
艤 *ŋralʔ
礒 *ŋralʔ
羛 *ŋralʔ, *hŋral
議 *ŋrals
犧 *hŋral
曦 *hŋral
羲 *hŋral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hŋral) : semantic 兮 + phonetic 義 ‎(OC *ŋrals).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 羲
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 許羈切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hjiə̆/
Li
Rong		 /xje/
Wang
Li		 /xǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xī
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 羲
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ xje ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋ̊(r)aj/
English (proper name)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 羲
Reading # 1/1
No. 13059
Phonetic
component		 我
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 犧
Old
Chinese		 /*hŋral/

Definitions

羲

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Compounds

  • 伏羲 (Fúxī)
  • 伏羲氏
  • 宓羲
  • 庖羲
  • 王羲之
  • 羲和
  • 羲和馭日／羲和驭日
  • 羲皇
  • 羲皇上人
  • 羲經／羲经
  • 赫羲
  • 黃宗羲／黄宗羲

Japanese

Kanji

羲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

羲 • ‎(hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune-Reischauer hŭi, Yale huy)

  1. Fu Xi (伏羲 氏, 伏犧 氏: king and culture hero in ancient Chinese legend)

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