嘿

Translingual

Etymology

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Han character

嘿 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口田土火 (RWGF), four-corner 6603₁, composition ⿰口黑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 208, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4283
• Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 684, character 1
• Unihan data for U+563F

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Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		嘿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēi (hei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hek / hiak / heh / --heh / --hehⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hei
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hei
    • Palladius: хэй (xɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hek
    • Tâi-lô: hik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiak
    • Tâi-lô: hiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heh
    • Tâi-lô: heh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /heʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /heʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --heh
    • Tâi-lô: --heh
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --hehⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: --hennh

Note:

• hek/hiak - literary;
• heh - vernacular.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嘿

1. hey (used to get attention)

See also

• 嗨 (hāi)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 嘿 – see 默 (“to be silent; to keep quiet; to keep still; secretly; covertly; imperceptibly; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 默).

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Japanese

Kanji

嘿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: もく (moku)
• Kan-on: ぼく (boku); こく (koku)
• Kun: だまる (damaru, 嘿まる); しずか (shizuka); あざむく (azamuku, 嘿く)

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Korean

Hanja

嘿 • (muk) (hangeul 묵, revised muk, McCune–Reischauer muk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嘿 (hải)

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