Read Edit View history Discussion 唏 xī weep or sob Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 希 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas xī ×xiè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 唏 Simp strokes 唏 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 唏 Simp strokes 唏 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 唏 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 95, 573 ], [ 130, 537 ], [ 158, 340 ] ], [ [ 145, 563 ], [ 271, 590 ], [ 304, 571 ], [ 270, 436 ] ], [ [ 163, 400 ], [ 325, 420 ] ], [ [ 651, 840 ], [ 678, 798 ], [ 646, 747 ], [ 560, 653 ], [ 443, 585 ] ], [ [ 469, 757 ], [ 676, 662 ], [ 748, 599 ] ], [ [ 348, 487 ], [ 402, 477 ], [ 838, 540 ], [ 933, 523 ] ], [ [ 521, 583 ], [ 549, 552 ], [ 448, 370 ], [ 342, 236 ], [ 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347 Q 602 250 598 110 Q 597 7 600 -29 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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