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sob

HSK 10
Human →Actions
xī
キ
なげく
희
Components
希 hope+ 欠 deficient =
欷 sob
希 Phonetic component
xī hope
rare
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欠 Meaning component
qiàn deficient
owe, lack, be deficient
yawn
Notes
Similar Characters
唏 weep or sob浠 name of a river in Hubei烯 alkene稀 scarce郗 city under the坎 hump嵌 fall欻 abrupt欽 think highly of (trad)欿 discontented炊 cook砍 chop肷 area between waist芡 plant allied to钦 admire (simp)飲 beverage (trad/jp)饮 drink (simp)欢 joy (simp)歌 song歡 joyous (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
欷
Regular
Modern
Chinese
欷 [xī]
to sob
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
欷吁 [xī​xū]
see 唏噓|唏嘘[xī​xū]
欷歔 [xī​xū]
(onom.) to sob
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
すすり泣き [すすりなき] #19,400
sobbing
歔欷 [きょき] #104,129
sobbing
欷歔 [ききょ] #184,404
sobbing