羲

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 兮 + phonetic 義

Han character

羲 (radical 123 羊+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿土竹木尸 (TGHDS), four-corner 8025₃)

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

羲 (Yale hei1)

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Japanese

Kanji

羲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ぎ (gi), き (ki)
• Kun: いき (iki)

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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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Mandarin

Hanzi

羲 (Pinyin xī (xi1), Wade-Giles hsi¹)

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