兮
Information about character(s)
Radical: 八Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 4
Variants: 𠔃
Pronunciation
Pinyin: xīCantonese: hai4
JapaneseKun: NO
JapaneseOn: KEI
Korean: HYEY
Vietnamese: hề
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: exclamatory particleCE-Dict: (particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an adjunct with no independent meaning, roughly equivalent to "Oh" or "Ah" in English
2.a particle of pause used in ancient poetry and still used in eulogies
說文解字 - Shuowen: 《兮部》兮 語所稽也。从丂,八象气越亏也。凡兮之屬皆从兮。
康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【八字部】 兮
【唐韻】胡雞切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】弦雞切,𠀤音奚。【說文】語有所稽也。从丂八,象氣越丂也。【徐曰】爲有稽考,未便言之。言兮則語當駐,駐則氣越丂也。【增韻】歌辭也。又通作猗。【書·秦誓】斷斷猗,大學引作兮。【莊子·大宗師】我猶爲人猗。又與侯通。【史記·樂書】高祖過沛,詩三侯之章。【註】索隱曰:沛詩有三兮,故曰三侯,卽大風歌。【韻會】歐陽氏曰:俗作〈丷下丅〉。
CF-Dict: (interjection utilisée en poésie indiquant l'émerveillement)/Oh!
Han-De-Dict: (English: particle in old Chinese similar to 啊) (u.E.)