希

See also: 稀

Translingual

Han character

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

1. hope, expect, strive for
2. rare (稀)

References

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		希

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
• Min Nan (POJ): hi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: hsih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi
    • Tâi-lô: hi
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (希, reconstructed)
Character (希), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 曉 (32) Final: 微 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 香衣切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/hɨi/	/xe̯i/	/xiəi/	/hɨi/	/hɨj/	/xĭəi/	/xiəi/

Old Chinese pronunciation (希, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
希								xī								‹ xjɨj ›								/*qʰəj/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
希					13250					希					微					1					希					/*hlɯl/

Compounds

• 希罕, 希罕儿
• 希冀
• 希腊
• 希腊正教
• 希腊字母
• 希奇
• 希求
• 希少
• 希世
• 希世之珍
• 希图
• 希望
• 希望工程
• 希有
• 希珍

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

希

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. beg, request
2. hope
3. rare
4. Greece

Readings

• Goon: け (ke) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: き (ki)
• Kun: まれ (mare) (non-Jōyō reading), のぞみ (nozomi) (non-Jōyō reading), こいねが.う (希う, koinega.u) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Nanori: のぞ (nozo), のぞみ (nozomi)

Compounds

• 希求
• 希望

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Korean

Hanja

希 (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune-Reischauer hŭi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

希 (hy, hơi, he, hê, hây, hi)

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