English Definition: to sob
Chinese Definition:
①抽泣:“胁息增欷。”
②(欷歔)叹息:欷叹。仰天长欷。又作“歔欷”,义同上。
Total strokes: 11;
Radical: 欠 Pictophonetic:希 indicates the sound;
欠 (yawn) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:- ⿰ Left to right
- 希 [ xī ] rare; to hope for, to strive for; to expect
- 欠 [ qiàn ] to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn