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嘿

嘿

嘿	U+563F, 嘿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-563F

← 嘾
[U+563E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

噀 →
[U+5640]

Translingual

Han character

嘿 (radical 30 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口田土火 (RWGF), four-corner 6603₁, composition ⿰口黑)

be silent, be quiet

References

KangXi: page 208, character 3

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4283

Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 32

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 684, character 1

Unihan data for U+563F

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		嘿

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hēi (hei¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ
  - Wade-Giles: hei¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hei
  - IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹
  - Yale: hēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/

Interjection

嘿

hey! (used to get attention)

See also

嗨 (hāi)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 嘿 – see 默. (This character, 嘿, is a variant form of 默.)

Japanese

Kanji

嘿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: ぼく (boku), もく (moku), こく (koku)

Kun: しずか (shizuka), だまる (damaru), あぎむく (agimuku)

Korean

Hanja

嘿 • ‎(muk) (hangeul 묵, revised muk, McCune-Reischauer muk)

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