xī
weep or sob
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 希 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 唏
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to sob | ||
sound of sobbing | ||
(onom.) clatter (of mahjong tiles etc) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4453rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+550F |
Shuowen | “唏，笑也。从口，稀省聲。一曰哀痛不泣曰唏。” |
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