稀

See also: 希

稀	U+7A00, 稀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A00

← 秿
[U+79FF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

稁 →
[U+7A01]

Translingual

Han character

稀 (radical 115, 禾+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木大大月 (HDKKB), four-corner 2492₇, composition ⿰禾希)

Derived characters

𤏨, 𦻎, 𤏤

References

KangXi: page 853, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25058
Dae Jaweon: page 1277, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2609, character 1
Unihan data for U+7A00

Chinese

simp. and trad.		稀

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (希) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
桸	hral, hlɯl
郗	*l̥ʰɯl
絺	*l̥ʰɯl
脪	l̥ʰɯl, hrɯnʔ, *hlɯns
瓻	*l̥ʰɯl
希	*hlɯl
晞	*hlɯl
莃	*hlɯl
鵗	*hlɯl
稀	*hlɯl
睎	*hlɯl
豨	hlɯl, hlɯlʔ
悕	*hlɯl
俙	hlɯl, hlɯlʔ
欷	hlɯl, hlɯls
浠	*hlɯl
唏	hlɯlʔ, hlɯls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hlɯl) : semantic 禾 + phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

(Chengdu, SP): xi¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
Min Nan (POJ): hi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
  - Wade–Giles: hsih¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xi¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xi
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹
  - Yale: hēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi
  - Tâi-lô: hi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /hɨi/▼

Rime
Character	稀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	香衣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/xiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨj/
Li Rong	/xiəi/
Wang Li	/xĭəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/xe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*hlɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	稀
Reading #	1/1
No.	13254
Phonetic component	希
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	希
Old Chinese	/*hlɯl/

Definitions

稀

Compounds

不稀奇
不稀罕
人煙稀少／人烟稀少
依稀 (yīxī)
古稀 (gǔxī)
和稀泥 (huò xīní)
地廣人稀／地广人稀
地瘠人稀
年近古稀
年逾古稀
抹稀泥
拉稀 (lāxī)
月明星稀
稀世 (xīshì)
稀世珍寶／稀世珍宝
稀土元素 (xītǔ yuánsù)

稀奇 (xīqí)
稀奇古怪 (xīqí gǔguài)
稀客
稀少 (xīshǎo)
稀巴爛／稀巴烂
稀有 (xīyǒu)
稀有氣體／稀有气体 (xīyǒu qìtǐ)
稀有金屬／稀有金属
稀泥
稀爛／稀烂 (xīlàn)
稀疏 (xīshū)
稀破
稀稀疏疏
稀罕 (xīhan)
稀薄 (xībó)

稀行
稀釋／稀释 (xīshì)
稀釋劑／稀释剂
稀里嘩啦／稀里哗啦 (xīlǐhuālā)
稀里打哄
稀飯／稀饭 (xīfàn)
稀鬆／稀松 (xīsōng)
稀鬆平常／稀松平常
綠暗紅稀／绿暗红稀
綠豆稀飯／绿豆稀饭
路斷人稀／路断人稀
路絕人稀／路绝人稀
躥稀／蹿稀
音稀信杳
鴻稀鱗絕／鸿稀鳞绝

Japanese

Kanji

稀

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Goon: け (ke)
Kan’on: き (ki)
Kun: まれ (mare); まばら (mabara)

Compounds

依 (い)稀 (き) (iki): faint, dim, vague, unclear
稀 (き)元 (げん)素 (そ) (kigenso)
稀釈 (きしゃく) (kishaku)
稀 (き)少 (しょう) (kishō)
稀代 (きだい) (kidai)
稀薄 (きはく) (kihaku)
稀 (き)硫 (りゅう)酸 (さん) (kiryūsan)
古 (こ)稀 (き) (koki)

Adjectival noun

稀 (-na inflection, hiragana まれ, rōmaji mare)

rare

Alternative forms

希

Inflection

Inflection of 稀

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	稀だろ	まれだろ	mare daro
Continuative (連用形)	稀で	まれで	mare de
Terminal (終止形)	稀だ	まれだ	mare da
Attributive (連体形)	稀な	まれな	mare na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	稀なら	まれなら	mare nara
Imperative (命令形)	稀であれ	まれであれ	mare de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	稀ではない稀じゃない	まれではないまれじゃない	mare de wa nai mare ja nai
Informal past	稀だった	まれだった	mare datta
Informal negative past	稀ではなかった稀じゃなかった	まれではなかったまれじゃなかった	mare de wa nakatta mare ja nakatta
Formal	稀です	まれです	mare desu
Formal negative	稀ではありません稀じゃありません	まれではありませんまれじゃありません	mare de wa arimasen mare ja arimasen
Formal past	稀でした	まれでした	mare deshita
Formal negative past	稀ではありませんでした稀じゃありませんでした	まれではありませんでしたまれじゃありませんでした	mare de wa arimasen deshita mare ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	稀で	まれで	mare de
Conditional	稀なら（ば）	まれなら（ば）	mare nara (ba)
Provisional	稀だったら	まれだったら	mare dattara
Volitional	稀だろう	まれだろう	mare darō
Adverbial	稀に	まれに	mare ni
Degree	稀さ	まれさ	maresa

Korean

Hanja

稀 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi, Yale huy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

稀 (hi, hì, sầy, sé, si, hề, sè, sì)

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References

Nom Foundation

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