禧

禧 U+79A7, 禧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79A7 ← 禦 [U+79A6] CJK Unified Ideographs 禨 → [U+79A8]

Translingual

Han character

禧 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 戈火土口口 (IFGRR), four-corner 3426₅, composition ⿰礻喜)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 846, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24828
• Dae Jaweon: page 1267, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2408, character 8
• Unihan data for U+79A7

Chinese

simp. and trad.		禧
alternative forms		釐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (喜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嘻	*qʰɯ
嬉	*qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯs
禧	*qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯʔ
熹	*qʰlɯ
僖	*qʰlɯ
歖	*qʰlɯ
譆	*qʰlɯ
瞦	*qʰlɯ
喜	*qʰlɯʔ
憙	*qʰlɯʔ, *qʰlɯs
蟢	*qʰlɯʔ
糦	*kʰljɯs
饎	*kʰljɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯʔ) : semantic 示 + phonetic 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐ, xī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ, ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hei¹, hei²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hei¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hî / hí

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hi³

• Northern Min (KCR): hǐ
• Eastern Min (BUC): hĭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hí / hi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hi¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵shi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³
    • Yale: syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shii
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹, hei²
    • Yale: hēi, héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹, hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹, héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/, /hei̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hî / hí
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi´ / hi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi¹ / hi³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴/, /hi³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hi³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xi²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí / hi
    • Tâi-lô: hí / hi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hie, hy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁵³/, /hi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁵⁵⁴/, /hi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁵³/, /hi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁵³/, /hi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴¹/, /hi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵shi
    • MiniDict: shi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: xi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xi

Rime
Character	禧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許其切
Baxter	xi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/xie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨ/
Li Rong	/xiə/
Wang Li	/xĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/, /*qʰlɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禧	禧
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13410	13417
Phonetic component	喜	喜
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	僖	喜
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯ/	/*qʰlɯʔ/

Definitions

禧

1. favourable luck; good fortune; auspiciousness; blessings

Compounds

• 千禧年 (qiānxǐnián)
• 嘉禧
• 年禧
• 恭賀新禧／恭贺新禧 (gōnghèxīnxǐ)
• 慈禧
• 慈禧太后 (Cíxǐ Tàihòu)
• 新禧 (xīnxǐ)
• 祝禧
• 福禧
• 禧年
• 繁禧
• 金禧 (jīnxǐ)
• 降禧
• 鴻禧／鸿禧

 

Japanese

Kanji

禧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: さいわい (saiwai)
• Nanori: ひさし (hisashi); よし (yoshi)

Korean

Hanja

禧 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi, Yale huy)

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