熙
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(used in names); (bound form) (literary) bright; prosperous; splendid; genial
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 火 +10
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 熙
- Common rank
- #2,736
- Unicode
- U+7199
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Formation & memory
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How 熙 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
灬 meaning “fire” + 巸 sound
Components 巸 灬
How to remember it
splendid · Heisig RSH #1982
underling + 口 mouth + snakeskin + cooking fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 熙
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 康熙字典 | the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation… | |
| 薄熙来 | Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to… | |
| 熙来攘往 | a place buzzing with activity (idiom) | |
| 熙提 | stilb, unit of luminance | |
| 朴正熙 | Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, i… | |
| 康熙 | Kangxi, reign title (1662–1722) of the Kangxi Emperor 聖祖|圣祖[Sheng4 zu3]; the Kangxi Empero… | |
| 洪熙 | Hongxi Emperor, reign name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽[Zhu1 Gao1 chi4] (1378… | |
| 刘熙 | Liu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of 釋名|释名[Shi4 ming2] | |
| 熙攘 | restless | |
| 攘攘熙熙 | see 熙熙攘攘[xi1 xi1 rang3 rang3] | |
| 熙熙攘攘 | (idiom) bustling with activity | |
| 徐熙媛 | Barbie Hsu (1976–2025), Taiwanese entertainer, nicknamed 大S[Da4 S] | |
| 熙壤 | variant of 熙攘[xi1 rang3] | |
| 熙熙壤壤 | variant of 熙熙攘攘[xi1 xi1 rang3 rang3] |