戯

See also 戱, and 戲

Translingual

shinjitai	戯
simplified	戏
traditional	戲

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 戲 ([[]] → 虚).

Han character

戯 (radical 62 戈+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜金戈 (YCI))

1. theatrical play, show

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 414, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11665
• Dae Jaweon: page 758, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1411, character 10
• Unihan data for U+622F

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Japanese

Kanji

戯 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぎ (gi), き (ki)
• Kun: たわむれる (tawamureru), たわむれ (tawamure)

Compounds

• 戯画 (giga): caricature, burlesque
• 戯曲 (gikyoku): play, drama
• 遊戯 (ゆうぎ, yūgi)

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Korean

Hanja

戯 (hangeul 희, 휘, revised hui, hwi, McCune-Reischauer hŭi, hwi, Yale huy, hwi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

戯 (traditional 戱, 戲, pinyin xì (xi4), Wade-Giles hsi⁴)