欷

Information about character(s)

Radical: 欠
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xī
Cantonese: hei1
JapaneseKun: NAGEKU
JapaneseOn: KI
Korean: HUY

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: sob; sigh

CE-Dict: to sob

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to sob

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《欠部》欷歔也。从欠，稀省聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集下】【欠字部】欷
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤香衣切，音希。【說文】歔也。【徐曰】歔欷者，悲泣氣咽而抽息也。一曰歔欷，懼貌。【屈原·離騷】曾歔欷余鬱邑。【後漢·馮衍傳】忠臣過故墟而歔欷。　通作唏。【史記·諸侯年表】紂爲象箸而箕子唏。【註】卽欷歔之欷。【韓愈·送區弘詩】獨子之節可歎唏。【註】與欷同。哀而不止。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤許旣切，音餼。義同。一曰泣餘聲。【宋玉·風賦】淸涼增欷。【張衡·南都賦】坐者悽欷。【註】欷，虛毅切。又【王僧虔·祭顏延之文】以此忍哀，敬陳奠饋。申酌長懷，顧望歔欷。【杜甫·荒村詩】鄰人滿牆頭，感歎亦歔欷。皆讀去聲。

CF-Dict: sangloter

Han-De-Dict: schluchzen (u.E.)