嬉

Translingual

Han character

嬉 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女土口口 (VGRR), four-corner 4446₅, composition ⿰女喜)

1. enjoy
2. play, amuse oneself

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6736
• Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1079, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5B09

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Chinese

trad.		嬉
simp. #		嬉

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi
    • Tâi-lô: hi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xi, xiH

Rime
Character	嬉	嬉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許其切	許記切
Baxter	xi	xiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨ/	/hɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨ/	/hɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/xie/	/xieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨ/	/hɨH/
Li Rong	/xiə/	/xiəH/
Wang Li	/xĭə/	/xĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi/	/xiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	xì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei1	hei3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/, /*qʰlɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬉	嬉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13409	13421
Phonetic component	喜	喜
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	僖	憙
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯ/	/*qʰlɯs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嬉

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Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐ (xi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³
    • Yale: syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shii
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei²
    • Yale: héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嬉

1. Used in personal names.

References

• “嬉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

嬉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: たのしむ (tanoshimu, 嬉しむ); うれしい (ureshii, 嬉しい)
• Nanori: うらし (urashi); うれし (ureshi)

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Korean

Hanja

嬉 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嬉 (hi)

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