# 唏

| 唏 | U+550F, &#21775; 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 6402$_7$, composition ⿰口希)
* weep or sob
* 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xī (xi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hei$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi / hī / hì
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xī
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: si
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$
*** Yale: syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
*** Palladius: си (si)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hei$^1$
*** Yale: hēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: héi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* Middle Chinese: xj+jX, xj+jH
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 | /hɨi$^X$/ | /hɨi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hɨi$^X$/ | /hɨi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiəi$^X$/ | /xiəi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨj$^X$/ | /hɨj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /xiəi$^X$/ | /xiəi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭəi$^X$/ | /xĭəi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xe̯i$^X$/ | /xe̯i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xǐ | xì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hei$^2$ | hei$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*hlɯlʔ/, /*hlɯls/
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

唏
* to sigh
* (onomatopoeia) laughing sound
* (interjection) hey, call to gain attention

#### Compounds

* 不勝唏噓／不胜唏嘘
* 哈唏 (hah-hì) (Min Nan)
* 唏唏
* 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 (xie$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siè
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^4$
*** Yale: syè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
*** Palladius: се (se)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haai$^3$
*** Yale: haai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːi̯³³/

#### Definitions

唏
* Alternative form of 齂 (xiè, “snore”)

### References

* zi.tools

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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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