熹

See also: 熺
熹 U+71B9, 熹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71B9
← 熸
[U+71B8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 熺 →
[U+71BA]

Translingual

Han character

熹 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 土口廿火 (GRTF), four-corner 40336, composition ⿱喜灬)

  1. dim light, glimmer
  2. warm, bright
  3. dawn

Derived characters
  • 𰃂, 𨯨

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 681, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19380
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1093, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2239, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+71B9

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 熹

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (喜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嘻 *qʰɯ
嬉 *qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯs
禧 *qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯʔ
熹 *qʰlɯ
僖 *qʰlɯ
歖 *qʰlɯ
譆 *qʰlɯ
瞦 *qʰlɯ
喜 *qʰlɯʔ
憙 *qʰlɯʔ, *qʰlɯs
蟢 *qʰlɯʔ
糦 *kʰljɯs
饎 *kʰljɯs

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 熹
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許其切
Baxter xi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hɨ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hɨ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hɨ/
Li
Rong		 /xiə/
Wang
Li		 /xĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 hei1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 熹
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ xi ›
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰ(r)ə/
English shine

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 熹
Reading # 1/1
No. 13411
Phonetic
component		 喜
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 僖
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰlɯ/

Definitions

熹

  1. warm, bright

Compounds
  • 火熹微
  • 熹平
  • 熹平石經／熹平石经
  • 熹微 (xīwēi)

References

Japanese

Kanji
熹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • Go-on: き (ki)
  • Kan-on: き (ki)
  • Kun: あぶる (aburu, 熹る)

Korean

Hanja

熹 • (hui) (hangeul 희)

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