熹

熹 · xī

dim light, glimmer; warm, bright

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xī
Cantonese
hei1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

dim light, glimmer; warm, bright

Dictionary definitions & readings

熹 xī · bright; warm

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32239.050:xī Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1226.040:xī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
393.080:xī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xī粵hei1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
キ あぶる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
희:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
許其 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GRTF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4033.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0681.210 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
062.36 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0955k Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+71B9
Radical
火 · 86
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6040

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
熹
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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
xi · 許其 · 止開三平之曉 · #200

PHONO-ML, source line 1718; 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
857.601
kDaeJaweon
1093.140
kGSR
0955k
kHanYu
32239.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1093.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32239.050
kIRGKangXi
0681.210
kKangXi
0681.210
kKarlgren
129
kMatthews
2439
kMeyerWempe
694j
kMorohashi
19380
kSBGY
062.36
kSMSZD2003Index
403.02
kCangjie
GRTF
kFourCornerCode
4033.6
kHKGlyph
2429
kMojiJoho
MJ016600
kPhonetic
455
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6C64
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BF51
kIRG_JSource
J0-5F74
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F6AC
kIRG_KSource
K0-7D78
kIRG_TSource
T1-713B
kRSUnicode
86.12
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
BF51
kCCCII
214A27
kCNS1986
1-713B
kCNS1992
1-713B
kEACC
214A27
kGB0
7668
kGB1
7668
kJis0
6384
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3588
kTGH
2013:6040
kTaiwanTelegraph
3588
kXerox
270:364
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5583+86.4.12
kCantonese
hei1
kDefinition
dim light, glimmer; warm, bright
kFanqie
許其
kHangul
희:0N
kHanyuPinyin
32239.050:xī
kJapanese
キ あぶる
kJapaneseKun
ABURU
kJapaneseOn
KI
kKorean
HUY
kMandarin
xī
kSMSZD2003Readings
xī粵hei1
kTGHZ2013
393.080:xī
kXHC1983
1226.040:xī

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 熹0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
喜 above 灬 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea
Source notation ^⿱喜灬$(GHTJK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱喜灬$(GHTJK)

^⿱⿱壴口灬$(P)

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