Read Edit View history 希 xī HSK3 hope Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Composed of 爻 (cross shape) and 巾 (cloth). 爻 is here used to depict the pattern of the cloth. Originally depicted a type of cloth. The meaning later shifted to "sparse", "rare", and "hope". Pinyin Separate values with commas xī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts pattern on the cloth. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 希 Simp strokes 希 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 希 Simp strokes 希 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 希 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 566, 853 ], [ 583, 813 ], [ 509, 723 ], [ 468, 684 ], [ 416, 647 ], [ 321, 600 ] ], [ [ 352, 794 ], [ 585, 700 ], [ 645, 666 ], [ 673, 635 ] ], [ [ 111, 481 ], [ 164, 472 ], [ 503, 524 ], [ 796, 554 ], [ 837, 553 ], [ 895, 536 ] ], [ [ 484, 592 ], [ 453, 582 ], [ 393, 474 ], [ 279, 329 ], [ 187, 239 ], [ 114, 188 ] ], [ [ 344, 358 ], [ 345, 252 ], [ 332, 156 ], [ 334, 106 ] ], [ [ 360, 361 ], [ 379, 351 ], [ 473, 373 ], [ 584, 389 ], [ 698, 400 ], [ 721, 391 ], [ 741, 362 ], [ 733, 311 ], [ 732, 203 ], [ 720, 152 ], [ 712, 140 ], [ 622, 172 ] ], [ [ 487, 472 ], [ 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