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熙

xī

Character

What 熙 means

1. (used in names)
2. bound formliterarybright
3. prosperous
4. splendid
5. genial

Other readings

熙 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xīvariant of {熙|xī}

Words starting with 熙

• 熙熙攘攘xī xī rǎng rǎng(idiom) bustling with activity
• 熙提xī tístilb, unit of luminance
• 熙攘xī rǎngrestless
• 熙来攘往xī lái rǎng wǎnga place buzzing with activity (idiom)
• 熙壤xī rǎngvariant of 熙攘
• 熙熙壤壤xī xī rǎng rǎngvariant of 熙熙攘攘

Words containing 熙

• 康熙Kāng xīKangxi, reign title (1662–1722) of the Kangxi Emperor 圣祖…
• 薄熙来Bó Xī láiBo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013…
• 刘熙Liú XīLiu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of 释名
• 洪熙Hóng XīHongxi Emperor, reign name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高炽
• 徐熙媛Xú Xī yuánBarbie Hsu (1976–2025), Taiwanese entertainer, nicknamed 大SDà S
• 朴正熙Piáo Zhèng xīPark Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979…
• 康熙字典Kāng xī Zì diǎnthe Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its…
• 攘攘熙熙rǎng rǎng xī xīsee 熙熙攘攘

Characters that look like 熙

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine
• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 塑sùto model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 弊bìdetriment; fraud; harm
• 颓tuíto crumble; to collapse; to decline
• 煦xùbalmy; nicely warm; cozy

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