熙

See also: 煕, 熈, 𤋮, 凞, and 焈

Translingual

Han character

熙 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸山火 (SUF) or 難尸山火 (XSUF), four-corner 7733₁, composition ⿱⿰𦣞巳灬)

Derived characters

• 𠘕, 𡁱, 㜯, 𤀠, 𤐤, 𩟄, 𬞭, 𭙼

Related characters

• 煕 (Orthodox form in Kangxi dictionary)
• 熈, 𤋮, 凞, 焈 (Variant forms)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 678, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2226, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7199

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		熙
alternative forms		焈 熈／熙 煕 𤋮／熙 凞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
巳	*ljɯʔ, *lɯs
祀	*ljɯʔ
汜	*ljɯʔ
戺	*zrɯʔ
起	*kʰɯʔ
熙	*qʰlɯ
媐	*qʰlɯ, *lɯ
圯	*lɯ
异	*lɯ, *lɯs
巸	*lɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰlɯ) : phonetic 巸 (OC *lɯ) + semantic 灬 (“fire”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hi¹

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi⁴⁴/
• 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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: xi

Rime
Character	熙
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

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)ə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	熙
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ xi ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰ(r)ə/
English	splendor
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	熙
Reading #	1/1
No.	12012
Phonetic component	巳
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	僖
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 熙

1. bright; splendid; glorious

   • 穆穆文王、於緝熙敬止 [MSC, trad.]
     穆穆文王、于缉熙敬止 [MSC, simp.]

     mùmù wén wáng, yú jī xī jìng zhǐ [Pinyin]

     Profound was king Wen; Oh! continuous and bright was his feeling of reverence

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yí (yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yí
    • Wade–Giles: i²
    • Yale: yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 熙

1. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

熙

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. bright; prosperous; merry

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: ひかり (hikari); ひかる (hikaru)

Compounds

• 熙熙
• 熙笑

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 熙 (hây, hy, hi)

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References

• Nom Foundation