Chinese symbol for “genial”
熙
xī
(used in names); (bound form) (literary) bright; prosperous; splendid
The closest CC-CEDICT match for genial is 熙 (xī), defined as: (used in names); (bound form) (literary) bright; prosperous; splendid; genial.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “genial”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 熙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熙熙攘攘 | xī xī rǎng rǎng | (idiom) bustling with activity |
| 熙来攘往 (熙來攘往) | xī lái rǎng wǎng | a place buzzing with activity (idiom) |
| 熙攘 | xī rǎng | restless |
| 攘攘熙熙 | rǎng rǎng xī xī | see 熙熙攘攘 (xī xī rǎng rǎng) |
| 熙壤 | xī rǎng | variant of 熙攘 (xī rǎng) |
| 熙提 | xī tí | stilb, unit of luminance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “genial”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.