嘿

嘿 U+563F, 嘿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-563F ← 嘾 [U+563E] CJK Unified Ideographs 噀 → [U+5640]

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

• 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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simp. and trad.		嘿

嘿

1. hey (used to get attention, or express admiration or surprise)
2. hah; hee; lol
3. (Taiwan) yeah; yes

• (hah): 嘿嘿 (hēihēi)

• 嗨 (hāi)

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).

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• 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)

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

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嘿: Hán Nôm readings: hải

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