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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 7
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xī
Cantonese: hei1
JapaneseKun: MARE KOINEGAU
JapaneseOn: KI
Korean: HUY
Vietnamese: hơi

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: rare; hope, expect, strive for

CE-Dict: to hope/to admire/variant of 稀[xi1]

Soothill: Rare, seldom, few; to hope for.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.rare; scarce
2.[Formal] hope

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: hope; rare

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: hope; rare

湘雅醫學專業詞典: sievert;Sv

康熙字典文字版 【寅集中】【巾字部】 希
〔古文〕𠬹【廣韻】香衣切【集韻】【韻會】香依切,𠀤音晞。【集韻】寡也。【爾雅·釋詁】罕也。【疏】𥳑少之稱也。【書·堯典】鳥獸希革。【傳】夏時鳥獸毛羽,希少改易。【論語】希不失矣。 又【廣韻】望也。【後漢·黨錮傳】海內希世之流,遂共相標榜。【註】希,望也。 又【廣韻】止也,散也,施也。 又【揚子·方言】希,鑠摩也。燕齊摩鋁謂之希。 又【史記·三皇紀】女媧氏有神聖德,代宓犧立,號曰女希氏。 又姓。【三輔決錄】有希海,字子江。 又【正韻】與黹同。【周禮·春官·司服】祭社稷五祀,則希冕。【疏】鄭讀希爲黹。

Buddhism words and phrases rare, unusual

CF-Dict: espérer/désirer/rare

Han-De-Dict: hoffen, erwarten, selten (u.E.) (V)