咥

咥 · xì

sound of a cat; bite; laugh

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xì
Cantonese
hei3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

sound of a cat; bite; laugh

Dictionary definitions & readings

咥 dié · gnaw; bite

咥 xì · loud laugh

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10614.040:xì,xī,dié,zhì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
395.080:xì Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xì粵hei3 dié粵dit6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
テツ キ ケ ギチ チチ デチ テチ シ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
희:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
chối Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
丑栗 徒結 丁結 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RMIG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6101.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0186.070 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
469.46 493.26 496.15 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0413m Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+54A5
Radical
口 · 30
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6831

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
咥
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 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
trhit · 丑栗 · 臻開三入眞徹 · #3296
Middle Chinese
det · 徒結 · 山開四入先定 · #3474
Middle Chinese
tet · 丁結 · 山開四入先端 · #3487

PHONO-ML, source line 16986; 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
270.101
kCowles
1021
kDaeJaweon
0405.290
kGSR
0413m
kHanYu
10614.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
0405.290
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10614.040
kIRGKangXi
0186.070
kKangXi
0186.070
kMatthews
2456
kMeyerWempe
169b 250b 690
kMorohashi
03534
kSBGY
469.46 493.26 496.15
kSMSZD2003Index
100.03
kCangjie
RMIG
kFourCornerCode
6101.4
kMojiJoho
MJ008221
kPhonetic
141
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-3622
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CDFD
kIRG_JSource
J0-527A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-39B6
kIRG_KSource
K1-7535
kIRG_TSource
T2-293F
kIRG_VSource
V0-3139
kRSUnicode
30.6
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
CDFD
kCCCII
216F60
kCNS1986
2-293F
kCNS1992
2-293F
kEACC
216F60
kGB3
2202
kGB8
9064
kJis0
5090
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
8134
kTGH
2013:6831
kTaiwanTelegraph
0743
kXerox
302:113
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4367+30.3.6 C+4367+133.6.3
kCantonese
hei3
kDefinition
sound of a cat; bite; laugh
kFanqie
丑栗 徒結 丁結
kHangul
희:1N
kHanyuPinyin
10614.040:xì,xī,dié,zhì
kJapanese
テツ キ ケ ギチ チチ デチ テチ シ
kJapaneseKun
WARAU KAMU TOMARU
kJapaneseOn
KI TETSU SHI
kKorean
HUY
kMandarin
xì
kSMSZD2003Readings
xì粵hei3 dié粵dit6
kTGHZ2013
395.080:xì
kVietnamese
chối
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+563B<kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 咥0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
口 beside 至 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰口至$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰口至$(GHTJKPV)

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