Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 熙

Modern (Beijing) reading: xī

Preclassic Old Chinese: slǝ

Classic Old Chinese: l̥ǝ

Western Han Chinese: l̥ǝ

Eastern Han Chinese: śǝ

Early Postclassic Chinese: śɨ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: śɨ

Late Postclassic Chinese: śɨ

Middle Chinese: xɨ

English meaning : be splendid, resplendent

Russian meaning[s]: 1) свет; блеск; слава; расцвет; цветущий; процветающий; 2) широкий; 3) мирный; радостный; 4) забавляться, играть, вм. 戲

Comments: MC x- is irregular (*śɨ < *slǝ would be normally expected).

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 8611

Karlgren code: 0960 j

Go-on: ki

Kan-on: ki

Japanese reading: ki;hiroi;akiraka

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̆

Meaning: shine, bright

Chinese: 熙 *s-lǝ splendid, resplendent

Kachin: la² to flash, gǝla² to glitter; (H) le be glazing.

Lushai: tle (tlēt) to shine, be bright.

Lepcha: la to flame

Comments: Cf. some TB forms meaning 'red': Karen *lV, Cuoba leu, Motuo ca-lo, Kaike lho-mo, Namuzi ɫo.55 xo.33. Cf. Austric: PAA *lɨǝ 'fire', PAN *gilaw, ilaw, kilaw 'gleam, light'.