See also:
U+5E0C, 希
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E0C

[U+5E0B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5E0D]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 50, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大大中月 (KKLB), four-corner 40227, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 329, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8813
  • Dae Jaweon: page 634, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 731, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+5E0C

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts
 

Originally 𢁫, ideogrammic compound (會意会意): + (cloth).

Etymology 1 edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ɕi⁵⁵/
Harbin /ɕi⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ɕi²¹/
Jinan /ɕi²¹³/
Qingdao /ɕi²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ɕi²⁴/
Xi'an /ɕi²¹/
Xining /ɕji⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕi⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ɕi³¹/
Ürümqi /ɕi⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ɕi⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ɕi⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ɕi⁵⁵/
Kunming /ɕi⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ɕi³¹/
Hefei /sz̩²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕi¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕi¹³/
Hohhot /ɕi³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɕi⁵³/
Suzhou /ɕi⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕi³³/
Wenzhou /sz̩³³/
Hui Shexian /ɕi³¹/
Tunxi /ɕi¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ɕi³³/
Xiangtan /ɕi³³/
Gan Nanchang /ɕi⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /hi⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /hi²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hei⁵³/
Nanning /hi⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /hei⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hi⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /hi⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xi⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /hi³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hi²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (32)
Final () (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter xj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨi/
Pan
Wuyun
/hɨi/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨj/
Li
Rong
/xiəi/
Wang
Li
/xĭəi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hei1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjɨj ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰəj/
English thin, sparse

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 13250
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hlɯl/

Definitions edit

  1. Original form of (, “rare; sparse”).
  2. to hope; to expect; to strive for
  3. to admire; to look up to
  4. Synonym of 𫄨

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“rare; uncommon; scarce; sparse; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of ).
Notes:

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. beg, request
  2. hope
  3. rare (also )
  4. Greece (short for 希臘 (Girishia))

Readings edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Affix edit

() (ki

  1. to hope

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling

is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation edit

Affix edit

() or () (ki or ke

  1. rare; scarce
  2. sparse; dilute

Compounds edit

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
まれ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
まれJ
[adjective] rare
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(hui) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: hơi, he, , hy, hây, hi, thu

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