唏

Translingual

Han character

唏 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口大大月 (RKKB), four-corner 6402₇, composition ⿰口希)

1. weep or sob
2. grieve

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 192, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3707
• Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 631, character 16
• Unihan data for U+550F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		唏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (希) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
桸	*hral, *hlɯl
郗	*l̥ʰɯl
絺	*l̥ʰɯl
脪	*l̥ʰɯl, *hrɯnʔ, *hlɯns
瓻	*l̥ʰɯl
希	*hlɯl
晞	*hlɯl
莃	*hlɯl
鵗	*hlɯl
稀	*hlɯl
睎	*hlɯl
豨	*hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
悕	*hlɯl
俙	*hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
欷	*hlɯl, *hlɯls
浠	*hlɯl
唏	*hlɯlʔ, *hlɯls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi / hī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi / hī
    • Tâi-lô: hi / hī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hy, hi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴/, /hi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³/, /hi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴/, /hi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴/, /hi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴/, /hi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: xj+jX, xj+jH

Rime
Character	唏	唏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (20)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	虚豈切	許旣切
Baxter	xj+jX	xj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨiX/	/hɨiH/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨiX/	/hɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/xiəiX/	/xiəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨjX/	/hɨjH/
Li Rong	/xiəiX/	/xiəiH/
Wang Li	/xĭəiX/	/xĭəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xe̯iX/	/xe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xǐ	xì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei2	hei3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hlɯlʔ/, /*hlɯls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	唏	唏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13264	13266
Phonetic component	希	希
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	豨
Old Chinese	/*hlɯlʔ/	/*hlɯls/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 唏

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Japanese

Kanji

唏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: なげく (nageku, 唏く)

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Korean

Hanja

唏 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi)

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