Pronunciation

Characters pronounced xi.

32 name characters share this pronunciation across tones. Pinyin alone does not identify a character; choose the Hanzi you want.

All 32 characters are listed below. Each links to its own page with meaning, structure, and names that use it.

戏 xì theatrical play, show 系 xì system; line, link, connection 细 xì elegant fine, tiny; slender, thin 隙 xì crack, split, fissure; grudge 习 xí practice; flapping wings 媳 xí daughter-in-law 席 xí natural seat; mat; take seat; banquet 袭 xí raid, attack; inherit 吸 xī inhale, suck in; absorb; attract 嘻 xī warm mirthful, happy; interjection 夕 xī evening, night, dusk; slanted 希 xī rare; hope, expect, strive for 息 xī rest, put stop to, end, cease 悉 xī scholarly know, learn about, comprehend 惜 xī pity, regret, rue, begrudge 昔 xī classic formerly; ancient; in beginning 晰 xī bright clear, evident; clearly 曦 xī bright · warm morning sunlight 析 xī natural · artistic split wood; break apart; divide 溪 xī natural · calm stream 熄 xī put out, extinguish, quash 熙 xī bright bright, splendid, glorious 牺 xī sacrifice, give up; sacrificial 犀 xī rhinoceros; sharp, well-tempered 稀 xī rare, unusual, scarce; sparse 膝 xī knee 蟋 xī cricket 西 xī west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146 锡 xī tin, stannum; bestow, confer 喜 xǐ warm like, love, enjoy; joyful thing 徙 xǐ move one's abode, shift, migrate 洗 xǐ wash, rinse; clean, purify

Why several characters share one pinyin

Mandarin has many homophones. Tone narrows the sound, but different characters can still share the same syllable and tone. The Hanzi is the identity; the pinyin is only the sound.

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