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僖
xī
What 僖 means
- cautious
- merry
- joyful
Other readings
Words containing 僖
Characters built on 喜
These share the phonetic component 喜 (xǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 禧xǐjoy
- 嘻xīlaugh; giggle; (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc)
- 嬉xī(literary) to amuse oneself; to play; to have fun
- 熹xībright; warm
Sounds the same
Read xī, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 息breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
- 西west
- 希to hope; to admire; variant of 稀
- 吸to breathe; to suck in; to absorb
- 悉in all cases; know
- 惜to cherish; to begrudge; to pity
- 析to separate; to divide; to analyze
- 夕(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì
- 晰clear; distinct
- 稀sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
- 牺sacrifice
- 昔former times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí
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