曦

曦 · xī

sunlight, sunshine, early dawn

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xī
Cantonese
hei1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

sunlight, sunshine, early dawn

Dictionary definitions & readings

曦 xī · (literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning)

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21541.210:xī Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1226.030:xī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
393.200:xī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xī粵hei1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ギ キ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
희:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
許羈 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
ATGS Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6805.3 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0501.330 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
044.37 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+66E6
Radical
日 · 72
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
16
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6428

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

20 strokes
曦
Strokes
20
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

20 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xje · 許羈 · 止開三平支曉 · #106

PHONO-ML, source line 911; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
648.205
kDaeJaweon
0872.060
kHanYu
21541.210
kIRGDaeJaweon
0872.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21541.210
kIRGKangXi
0501.330
kKangXi
0501.330
kMatthews
2432
kMorohashi
14253
kSBGY
044.37
kSMSZD2003Index
297.02
kCangjie
ATGS
kFourCornerCode
6805.3
kHKGlyph
1813
kMojiJoho
MJ013466
kPhonetic
453
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6A58
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C466
kIRG_JSource
J0-5B27
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F6AA
kIRG_KSource
K0-7D76
kIRG_TSource
T1-7971
kRSUnicode
72.16
kTotalStrokes
20
kBigFive
C466
kCCCII
21434F
kCNS1986
1-7971
kCNS1992
1-7971
kEACC
21434F
kGB0
7456
kGB1
7456
kJis0
5907
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
2569
kTGH
2013:6428
kTaiwanTelegraph
2569
kXerox
265:364
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5130+72.4.16
kCantonese
hei1
kDefinition
sunlight, sunshine, early dawn
kFanqie
許羈
kHangul
희:0N
kHanyuPinyin
21541.210:xī
kJapanese
ギ キ
kJapaneseKun
HI HIKARI
kJapaneseOn
GI KI
kKorean
HUY
kMandarin
xī
kSMSZD2003Readings
xī粵hei1
kTGHZ2013
393.200:xī
kTang
xyɛ
kXHC1983
1226.030:xī

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 曦0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
日 beside 羲 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰日羲$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰日羲$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.