唏

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唏 U+550F, 唏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-550F
← 唎
[U+550E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 唐 →
[U+5510]

Translingual

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Han character

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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

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  • 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

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 唏

Glyph origin

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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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hlɯlʔ, *hlɯls) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl)

Pronunciation 1

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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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xe̯iX/ /xe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xǐ xì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hei2 hei3
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

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唏

  1. to sigh
  2. (onomatopoeia) laughing sound
  3. (interjection) hey, call to gain attention

Compounds

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Synonyms

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  • (laughter): 嘻 (xī)

Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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唏

  1. Alternative form of 齂 (xiè, “snore”)

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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唏

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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

Korean

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Hanja

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

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