喜

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Descendants 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 5.1.2 See also 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character 6.1.1 Readings 6.1.2 References

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 壴 + 口 (“‘mouth’”)

[edit] Han character

喜 (radical 30 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土口廿口 (GRTR), four-corner 4060₁, composition ⿱壴口)

1. like, love, enjoy
2. joyful thing

[edit] Descendants

• 禧, 譆, 瞦, 憙, 嘻, 囍, 嚭, 饎, 僖, 歖, 熹, 𢜳

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 199, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3957
• Dae Jaweon: page 420, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 649, character 2
• Unihan data for U+559C

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

喜 (jyutping hei2, Yale hei2)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

喜 (grade 4 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: き (ki), し (shi)
• Kun: よろこぶ (yorokobu), よろこび (yorokobi)

[edit] Compounds

• 喜劇 (きげき, kigeki), “‘comedy’”)
• 喜捨 (きしゃ, kisha)
• 悲喜 (ひき, hiki), “‘joys and sorrows’”)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

喜 (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune-Reischauer hŭi)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

喜 (pinyin hè (he4), xǐ (xi3), Wade-Giles ho⁴, hsi³)

[edit] Compounds

• 喜好
• 喜欢、喜歡
• 喜慶事
• 喜鹊
• 喜讯
• 喜悦

[edit] See also

• 囍

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

喜 (hỉ(hỷ))

[edit] Readings

• Nôm: hỉ(hỷ), hẻ, hơi, hởi

[edit] References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999