熹

Information about character(s)

Radical: 火
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 16
Variants: 熺

Pronunciation

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

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: dim light, glimmer; warm, bright

CE-Dict: bright/warm

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.dawn; brightness

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: brightness; dawn

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: brightness; dawn

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《火部》熹炙也。从火喜聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集中】【火字部】熹
【唐韻】許其切【集韻】【韻會】虛其切，𠀤音僖。【說文】炙也。【玉篇】熱也，烝也。　又【玉篇】熾也。【廣韻】盛也，博也。【後漢·桓帝紀】改元延熹。又【靈帝紀】改元光熹。　又【諡法】有功安人曰熹。　又人名。【宋史·朱熹傳】字元晦，號仲晦。　又【正字通】微陽也。【陶潛·歸去來辭】恨晨光之熹微。　又通作訢。【禮·樂記】天地訢合。【註】訢讀爲熹。熹，猶烝也。【疏】言天地之氣烝動，猶若人之熹也。　【說文】本作𤏴。【玉篇】同熺。或作暿、熙。

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