Unicode: U+563B

Pinyin: xī

Definition

* 喜笑的样子或声音。 笑~~。~~哈哈(亦形容不严肃或不认真)。~皮笑脸。 * 叹词,表示惊叹

mirthful, happy; interjection

Structure

嘻 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
91_E7CA
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
81_E933

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC