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Mythic Mandarin

希 (xī): meaning and stroke order

希 (xī) means to hope, to admire, variant of 稀.

希

Simplified
希
Traditional
希 (same form)
Pinyin
xī

Stroke order of 希

希

  • xī to hope; to admire
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 希

  1. xī
    • to hope
    • to admire
    • variant of 稀[xi1]

Radical and structure

希
Radical 巾 (Kangxi radical 50) · 7 strokes · 㐅 on top, 布 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 希

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).