黠

黠 · xiá

sly, cunning, shrewd; artful

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xiá
Cantonese
kit3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

sly, cunning, shrewd; artful

Dictionary definitions & readings

黠 xiá · (phonetic); crafty

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74748.040:xiá Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1238.110:xiá Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
396.130:xiá Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xiá粵kit3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カツ ゲチ さとい Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
힐:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
胡八 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
WFGR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6436.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1520.050 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
487.50 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0393v Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9EE0
Radical
黑 · 203
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6340

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
黠
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 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
heat · 胡八 · 山開二入山匣 · #3423

PHONO-ML, source line 17783; 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
1563.501
kDaeJaweon
2054.120
kGSR
0393v
kHanYu
74748.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
2054.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74748.040
kIRGKangXi
1520.050
kKangXi
1520.050
kKarlgren
325
kMatthews
2537
kMorohashi
48097 48097:E0101
kNelson
5409
kSBGY
487.50
kSMSZD2003Index
826.04
kCangjie
WFGR
kFourCornerCode
6436.1
kHKGlyph
4730
kMojiJoho
MJ029914 MJ029914:E0101 MJ029915:E0102
kPhonetic
582
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-776F
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C35C
kIRG_JSource
J0-735C
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-90FC
kIRG_KSource
K1-7544
kIRG_TSource
T1-7828
kRSUnicode
203.6
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
C35C
kCCCII
21626E
kCNS1986
1-7828
kCNS1992
1-7828
kEACC
21626E
kGB0
8779
kGB1
8779
kJis0
8360
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7822
kTGH
2013:6340
kTaiwanTelegraph
7822
kXerox
273:053
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7439+203.12.6
kCantonese
kit3
kDefinition
sly, cunning, shrewd; artful
kFanqie
胡八
kHangul
힐:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74748.040:xiá
kJapanese
カツ ゲチ さとい
kJapaneseKun
SATOI WARUGASHIKO
kJapaneseOn
KATSU
kKorean
HIL
kMandarin
xiá
kSMSZD2003Readings
xiá粵kit3
kTGHZ2013
396.130:xiá
kXHC1983
1238.110:xiá

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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3dictionary records using 黠0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
黑 beside 吉 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰黑吉$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰黑吉$(GHTJKP)

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