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熹

xī

Character

What 熹 means

1. bright
2. warm

Words starting with 熹

• 熹平石经Xī píng shí jīngXiping steles, calligraphic work on carved steles of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD)

Words containing 熹

• 朱熹Zhū XīZhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子
• 明熹宗Míng Xī zōngMing Xizong, temple name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天启

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
• 僖xīcautious; merry; joyful

Characters that look like 熹

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

• 暴bàosudden; violent; cruel
• 薯shǔpotato; yam
• 襄xiāng(literary) to assist
• 蕃fánluxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce
• 蕨juéPteridium aquilinum; bracken
• 薏yìsee 薏苡

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