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稀
稀
See also: 希
Translingual
Han character
稀 (radical 115 禾+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木大大月 (HDKKB), four-corner 24927, composition ⿰禾希)
References
- KangXi: page 853, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25058
- Dae Jaweon: page 1277, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2609, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7A00
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
稀 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (希) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 桸 | *hral, *hlɯl |
| 郗 | *l̥ʰɯl |
| 絺 | *l̥ʰɯl |
| 脪 | *l̥ʰɯl, *hrɯnʔ, *hlɯns |
| 瓻 | *l̥ʰɯl |
| 希 | *hlɯl |
| 晞 | *hlɯl |
| 莃 | *hlɯl |
| 鵗 | *hlɯl |
| 稀 | *hlɯl |
| 睎 | *hlɯl |
| 豨 | *hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ |
| 悕 | *hlɯl |
| 俙 | *hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ |
| 欷 | *hlɯl, *hlɯls |
| 浠 | *hlɯl |
| 唏 | *hlɯlʔ, *hlɯls |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hlɯl) : semantic 禾 + phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
- Wade-Giles: hsih1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
- IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hei1
- Yale: hēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei1
- IPA (key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi
- Tâi-lô: hi
- Phofsit Daibuun: hy
- IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 稀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (20) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 香衣切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/hɨi/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/hɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/xiəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/hɨj/ |
| Li Rong |
/xiəi/ |
| Wang Li |
/xĭəi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/xe̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xī |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 稀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13254 |
| Phonetic component |
希 |
| Rime group |
微 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
希 |
| Old Chinese |
/*hlɯl/ |
Definitions
稀
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
稀
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Compounds
Compounds
Adjectival noun
稀 (-na inflection, hiragana まれ, romaji mare)
Alternative forms
Inflection
Inflection of "稀な"
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 稀だろ | まれだろ | mare daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 稀で | まれで | mare de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 稀だ | まれだ | mare da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 稀な | まれな | mare na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 稀なら | まれなら | mare nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 稀であれ | まれであれ | mare de are |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | 稀ではない 稀じゃない |
まれではない まれじゃない |
mare de wa nai mare ja nai |
| Informal past | 稀だった | まれだった | mare datta |
| Informal negative past | 稀ではなかった 稀じゃなかった |
まれではなかった まれじゃなかった |
mare de wa nakatta mare ja nakatta |
| Formal | 稀です | まれです | mare desu |
| Formal negative | 稀ではありません 稀じゃありません |
まれではありません まれじゃありません |
mare de wa arimasen mare ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 稀でした | まれでした | mare deshita |
| Formal negative past | 稀ではありませんでした 稀じゃありませんでした |
まれではありませんでした まれじゃありませんでした |
mare de wa arimasen deshita mare ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 稀で | まれで | mare de |
| Conditional | 稀なら（ば） | まれなら（ば） | mare nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 稀だったら | まれだったら | mare dattara |
| Volitional | 稀だろう | まれだろう | mare darō |
| Adverbial | 稀に | まれに | mare ni |
| Degree | 稀さ | まれさ | maresa |
Korean
Hanja
稀 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune-Reischauer hŭi, Yale huy)
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