欷

欷

欷 U+6B37, 欷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B37 ← 欶 [U+6B36] CJK Unified Ideographs 欸 → [U+6B38]

Translingual

Han character

欷 (radical 76, 欠+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大月弓人 (KBNO), four-corner 4728₂, composition ⿰希欠)

1. sob
2. to sigh

References

• KangXi: page 568, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16087
• Dae Jaweon: page 956, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2140, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6B37

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		欷

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: hsih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /hɨi/, /hɨi^H/▼

Rime
Character	欷	欷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (20)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	香衣切	許旣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨi/	/hɨiH/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨi/	/hɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/xiəi/	/xiəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨj/	/hɨjH/
Li Rong	/xiəi/	/xiəiH/
Wang Li	/xĭəi/	/xĭəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xe̯i/	/xe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	xì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*hlɯl/, /*hlɯls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欷	欷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13260	13265
Phonetic component	希	希
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	希
Old Chinese	/*hlɯl/	/*hlɯls/

Definitions

欷

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Compounds

欷吁 欷歔 (xīxū)

歔欷

絫欷

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Japanese

Kanji

欷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

欷 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi, Yale huy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

欷 (hi)

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References

• Nom Foundation