Hanja Analyzer
唏

唏 — hui

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
슬퍼할 희
Romanization
hui
English
weep or sob; grieve
Mandarin
xī
Japanese on'yomi
キ, ケ, カイ
Japanese kun'yomi
なげ.く
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
口 (30, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
希(희)
Unicode
U+550F

Parts that make up 唏

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 希 바랄 희sound 성긴 천의 올드물다. ‘희’ 계열의 소리

How 唏 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 唏 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 希.

Characters sharing the phonetic 希

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “희” in Korean.

Other hanja read “희”

Other hanja with radical 口

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