熹 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xī

dim light

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

Components

灬 Meaning component

biāo, huǒ

fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

喜 Sound component

xǐ

like, happy

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

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[MíngTiānqǐ]