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 (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: 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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
Min Nan (POJ): hi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
  - Wade–Giles: hsih¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹
  - Yale: hēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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/

Middle Chinese: /hɨ/▼

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

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

Expression of surprise.
(onomatopoeia) A representation for laughter.

Compounds

嘻和
嘻哈 (xīhā)
嘻嘻 (xīxī)
嘻嘻哈哈 (xīxīhāhā)

嘻嘻嗄嗄
嘻嘻笑笑
嘻皮笑臉／嘻皮笑脸
嘻笑

噫嘻
樂嘻嘻／乐嘻嘻
笑嘻嘻
言笑嘻怡

Japanese

Kanji

嘻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: き (ki)

Kan-on: 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)

Vietnamese

Han character

嘻 (hi, hảy, hề, hì, hí)

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