xī
hope
Original meaning:
type of cloth
Composed of 爻 (cross shape) and 巾 (cloth). Originally depicted a type of cloth. The meaning later shifted to "sparse", "rare", and "hope".
Evolution
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 希
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to wish for | ||
to hope | ||
Greece | ||
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) | ||
hopeful |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qʰəj | xj+j | xī | thin, sparse |
Statistics
HSK level 3
Appears in 93.1443% of movies
254th most common character in movies
508th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+5E0C |
Sources
古文字谱系疏证 p.2866
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