Kiokun Logo
嘻
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

giggling

HSK 10
Human →Body →Face
xī
キ、イ
いまし.め、やわら.ぐ、ああ、わら.う
A happy 喜 sound 口; 喜 also provides the pronunciation
Components
口 mouth+ 喜 joyful =
嘻 giggling
口 Meaning component
kǒu mouth
喜 Meaning component
xǐ joyful
like, love, enjoy
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
侃 upright and strong兽 bestial (simp)冋 a desert加 add卟 a chemical compound古 ancient叨 talkative叫 call召 summon叭 trumpet叮 sting可 can叱 bawl叶 be in harmony (simp)号 appellation (jp)叹 admire (simp)叼 hold in the mouth叽 sigh (simp)吁 alas (simp)吃 eat (simp)
Historical Evolution
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
嘻
Regular
Modern
Chinese
嘻 [xī]
laugh; giggle; (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (6)
嘻嘻 [xī​xī] #4,717
hee hee
笑嘻嘻 [xiào​xī​xī] #42,366
grinning
嘻皮笑脸 [xī​pí​xiào​liǎn] #51,213
see 嬉皮笑臉|嬉皮笑脸[xī​pí​xiào​liǎn]
嘻皮笑脸 [xī​pí​xiào​liǎn] #51,213
see 嬉皮笑臉|嬉皮笑脸[xī​pí​xiào​liǎn]
嘻哈 [xī​hā]
hip-hop (music genre) (loanword)
嘻皮 [xī​pí]
hippie (loanword)
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
嬉々 [きき] #10,325
merry