憙

See also: 喜

Translingual

Han character

憙 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 土口廿心 (GRTP), composition ⿱喜心)

1. like, love, enjoy
2. joyful thing

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 402, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11219
• Dae Jaweon: page 743, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2349, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6199

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		憙

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

• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: xiX, xiH

Rime
Character	憙	憙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	虚里切	許記切
Baxter	xiX	xiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨX/	/hɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨX/	/hɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/xieX/	/xieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨX/	/hɨH/
Li Rong	/xiəX/	/xiəH/
Wang Li	/xĭəX/	/xĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xiX/	/xiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xǐ	xì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei2	hei3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯʔ/, /*qʰlɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	憙	憙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13418	13420
Phonetic component	喜	喜
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	喜	憙
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯʔ/	/*qʰlɯs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 憙

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 110

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Japanese

Kanji

憙

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: このむ (konomu, 憙む)、よろこぶ (yorokobu, 憙ぶ)

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Korean

Hanja

憙 • (hui)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 희
  • Name (hangeul): 기뻐할
    

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