稀

See also: 希
稀 U+7A00, 稀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A00
← 秿
[U+79FF] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 稁 →
[U+7A01]

Translingual

Han character

稀 (radical 115, 禾+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木大大月 (HDKKB), four-corner 24927, composition ⿰禾希)

Derived characters
  • 𤏨, 𦻎, 𤏤

References
  • KangXi: page 853, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25058
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1277, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2609, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7A00

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 稀
variant forms 希 second round simplified

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (希) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
桸 *hral, *hlɯl
郗 *l̥ʰɯl
絺 *l̥ʰɯl
脪 *l̥ʰɯl, *hrɯnʔ, *hlɯns
瓻 *l̥ʰɯl
希 *hlɯl
晞 *hlɯl
莃 *hlɯl
鵗 *hlɯl
稀 *hlɯl
睎 *hlɯl
豨 *hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
悕 *hlɯl
俙 *hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
欷 *hlɯl, *hlɯls
浠 *hlɯl
唏 *hlɯlʔ, *hlɯls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hlɯl) : semantic 禾 + phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl).

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 稀
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 微 (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 香衣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hɨi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hɨi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xiəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hɨj/
Li
Rong		 /xiəi/
Wang
Li		 /xĭəi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xī
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 稀
Reading # 1/1
No. 13254
Phonetic
component		 希
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 希
Old
Chinese		 /*hlɯl/

Definitions

稀

  1. rare, unusual, scarce
  2. sparse
  3. dilute
  4. thin thing
  5. very

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
稀

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings
  • Go-on: け (ke)
  • Kan-on: き (ki)
  • Kun: まれ (mare); まばら (mabara)

Compounds
Compounds

Adjectival noun

稀 (-na inflection, hiragana まれ, rōmaji mare)

  1. rare

Alternative forms

Inflection
Inflection of 稀
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 稀だろ まれだろ mare daro
Continuative (連用形) 稀で まれで mare de
Terminal (終止形) 稀だ まれだ mare da
Attributive (連体形) 稀な まれな mare na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 稀なら まれなら mare nara
Imperative (命令形) 稀であれ まれであれ mare de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 稀ではない
稀じゃない		 まれではない
まれじゃない		 mare de wa nai
mare ja nai
Informal past 稀だった まれだった mare datta
Informal negative past 稀ではなかった
稀じゃなかった		 まれではなかった
まれじゃなかった		 mare de wa nakatta
mare ja nakatta
Formal 稀です まれです mare desu
Formal negative 稀ではありません
稀じゃありません		 まれではありません
まれじゃありません		 mare de wa arimasen
mare ja arimasen
Formal past 稀でした まれでした mare deshita
Formal negative past 稀ではありませんでした
稀じゃありませんでした		 まれではありませんでした
まれじゃありませんでした		 mare de wa arimasen deshita
mare ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 稀で まれで mare de
Conditional 稀なら（ば） まれなら（ば） mare nara (ba)
Provisional 稀だったら まれだったら mare dattara
Volitional 稀だろう まれだろう mare darō
Adverbial 稀に まれに mare ni
Degree 稀さ まれさ maresa

Korean

Hanja

稀 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi, Yale huy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

稀: Hán Việt readings: hi (香(hương)依(y)切(thiết))[1][2][3]
稀: Nôm readings: sè[2][3][4][5], si[6][3][5], sây[3][4][5], hì[2][6], sầy[2][6], hi[3][4], sề[1], hề[2], sì[2], sé[6]

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References
  1. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. Trần (2004).
  3. Bonet (1899).
  4. Génibrel (1898).
  5. Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
  6. Hồ (1976).
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