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

Historical forms of the character 禧
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xi³

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hî / hí
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˊ / hi^ˋ
  - 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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shi
  - MiniDict: shi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: xi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁴¹/

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/
Bernhard 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

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 (xǐnián)
繁禧
金禧 (jīnxǐ)
降禧
鴻禧 / 鸿禧

Japanese

Kanji

禧

(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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