# 嘻

| 嘻 | U+563B, &#22075; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-563B |
| ← 嘺 [U+563A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嘼 → [U+563C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嘻 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口土口口 (RGRR), four-corner 6406$_1$, composition ⿰口喜)
* mirthful, happy
* an interjection

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 30
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4276
* Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 25
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 680, character 15
* Unihan data for U+563B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 嘻 | *qʰɯ |
| 嬉 | *qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯs |
| 禧 | *qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯʔ |
| 熹 | *qʰlɯ |
| 僖 | *qʰlɯ |
| 歖 | *qʰlɯ |
| 譆 | *qʰlɯ |
| 瞦 | *qʰlɯ |
| 喜 | *qʰlɯʔ |
| 憙 | *qʰlɯʔ, *qʰlɯs |
| 蟢 | *qʰlɯʔ |
| 糦 | *kʰljɯs |
| 饎 | *kʰljɯs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰɯ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xī (xi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hei$^1$ / hi$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hî
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hi$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hĭ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hi$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hi$^1$
* 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$^1$ / hi$^1$
*** Yale: hēi / hī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hei$^1$ / hi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: héi$^1$ / hi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei̯⁵⁵/, /hiː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hî
*** Hakka Romanization System: hi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /hi⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hi⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi
*** Tâi-lô: hi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hi$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi
*** Sinological IPA : /hi³³/
* Middle Chinese: xi
Rime :
| Character | 嘻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許其切 |
| Baxter | xi |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /xiə/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hei$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嘻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13408 |
| Phonetic component | 喜 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 僖 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰɯ/ |

### Definitions

嘻
* (interjection) expression of surprise
    From: Commentary of Gongyang, c. 206 BCE– 9 CE
    Xī, shènyǐ bèi! Suīrán, wú jīn qǔ cǐ ránhòu ér guī ěr. [Pinyin]
    What?! How exhausted they truly are! But still, I will today conquer this town before returning.
* (onomatopoeia) representation for laughter

### Compounds

* 嘻和
* 嘻哈 (xīhā)
* 嘻嘻 (xīxī)
* 嘻嘻出出
* 嘻嘻哈哈 (xīxīhāhā)
* 嘻嘻嗄嗄
* 嘻嘻嘩嘩 (hi-hi-hōa-hōa) (Min Nan)
* 嘻嘻笑笑 (xīxīxiàoxiào)
* 嘻皮笑臉 (xīpíxiàoliǎn)
* 嘻笑 (xīxiào)
* 噫嘻
* 樂嘻嘻
* 笑嘻嘻
* 言笑嘻怡
* 譩嘻

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “嘻”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 252.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* mirthful
* happy
* interjection

#### Readings

* Go-on: き (ki)
* Kan-on: い (i)
* Kun: いましめ (imashime)、やはらぐ (yaharagu)、ああ (ā)、わらふ (warafu)

## Korean
### Hanja

嘻 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi)
* harmony
* laugh

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嘻: Hán Nôm readings: hi, hảy, hề, hì, hí
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