懂中文 Dong Chinese

熹

xī

dim light

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 喜 represents the sound.

Components
灬 meaning component

灬  Meaning component

biāo, huǒ

  

fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

喜 sound component

喜  Sound component

xǐ

  

like, happy

Evolution

熹 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
熹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
熹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
熹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

熹  

xī

dim light, glimmer; warm, bright; bright; warm

Most common words with 熹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

朱熹

Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism

熹

bright

明熹宗

Ming Xizong, Temple name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天啟|明天启[Míng​Tiān​qǐ]