Unicode: U+71B9

Pinyin: xī

Definition

* 光明。 ~微(日光微明)。星~。 * 炙,炽热:"东暾淡未~,北吹寒更寂"。 * 古人名用字

dim light, glimmer; warm, bright

Structure

熹 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.Wikipedia ->
43_E57943_E57A43_E57B43_E57C43_E57D43_E57E43_E57F43_E580
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_71B9
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 ->
93_E9DE93_E9DF93_E9E093_E9E193_E9E293_E9E393_E9E493_E9E5

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