唏

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

Translingual

Han character

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

• 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

simp. and trad.		唏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 唏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

	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

Characters in the same phonetic series (希) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

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

Pronunciation 1

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/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi / hī / hì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi
    • Tâi-lô: hi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hī
    • Tâi-lô: hī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hi
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hi³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hi²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì
    • Tâi-lô: hì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hix
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xj+jX, xj+jH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hlɯlʔ/, /*hlɯls/

Definitions

唏

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

Compounds

• 不勝唏噓 / 不胜唏嘘
• 哈唏 (hah-hì) (Min Nan)
• 唏唏 (xīxī)
• 唏唏哈哈
• 唏哩花啦
• 唏噓 / 唏嘘 (xīxū)
• 噓唏 / 嘘唏

Synonyms

• (laughter): 嘻 (xī)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Yale: syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haai³
    • Yale: haai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯³³/

Definitions

唏

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

References

• zi.tools

Japanese

Kanji

唏

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

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

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