嘻

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 15
Variants: 咥

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xī
Cantonese: hei1
JapaneseKun: IMASHIME YAHARAGU AA WARAHU
JapaneseOn: KI I
Korean: HUY
Vietnamese: hi

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: mirthful, happy; interjection

CE-Dict: laugh/giggle

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an interjection of grief or surprise
2.to laugh happily

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】嘻
【廣韻】許其切【集韻】【韻會】虛其切，𠀤音熙。【玉篇】嘻嘻，和樂聲。【易·家人】婦子嘻嘻，終吝。【詩·周頌】噫嘻成王。【傳】噫，歎也。嘻，和也。【箋】噫嘻，有所多大之聲也。【疏】謂作者有所裒多美大，而爲聲以嘆之。【揚雄·河東賦】嘻嘻旭旭。【註】師古曰：自得之貌。　又【集韻】敕也。【詩疏】成湯見四面羅者曰：嘻，盡之矣。噫嘻，皆是歎聲，爲歎以敕之。　又【禮·檀弓】夫子曰：嘻，其甚也。【註】嘻，悲恨之聲。【釋文】嘻，許其反。【公羊傳·僖元年】慶父聞之曰：嘻。【註】嘻，發痛語首之聲。　又【左傳·定八年】從者曰：嘻，速駕。【註】嘻，懼聲。　又【史記·藺相如傳】秦王與羣臣相視而嘻。【註】嘻驚而怒之辭也。　又【史記·魏其武安侯傳】夫怒，因嘻笑曰：將軍，貴人也。　又【集韻】於其切，音醫。與噫同。【禮·檀弓·釋文】嘻，又於其反。　又【集韻】許記切，音憙。笑也。或作𡃨。
考證：〔【史記·藺相如傳】秦王與羣臣相視而嘻。【註】喜驚而怒之辭也。〕　謹照原文喜改嘻。

CF-Dict: oh!/ah!

Han-De-Dict: Gekicher (u.E.) (S)/Lache (u.E.) (S)