嗨
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Translingual
Han character
嗨 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口水人卜 (REOY), four-corner 68057, composition ⿰口海)
References
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 204, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4137
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 671, character 3
- Unihan data for U+55E8
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 嗨 |
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Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth; speech”) + phonetic 海 (OC *hmlɯːʔ)
Pronunciation
Definitions
嗨
- (colloquial) hey; hi
- (colloquial) high; to be exhilarated (may or may not be under the influence of alcohol or recreational drugs)
- 一齊嗨/一齐嗨 [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― jat1 cai4 hei1 [Jyutping] ― all have fun together
- Alternative form of 咳 (hāi, “sound of lament”).
Compounds
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References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00646
- “嗨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
嗨
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
- Go-on: かい (kai)
- Kan-on: かい (kai)
- Tō-on: はい (hai)