嬉

嬉	U+5B09, 嬉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B09

← 嬈
[U+5B08]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嬊 →
[U+5B0A]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

KangXi: 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

Chinese

trad.		嬉
simp. ^#		嬉
alternative forms		喜 archaic

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, OC *qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯs) : semantic 女 + phonetic 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
Min Dong (BUC): hĭ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hi
(Teochew, Peng'im): hi¹

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹
  - Yale: hēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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/

Middle Chinese: /hɨ/, /hɨ^H/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨ/	/hɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨ/	/hɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xie/	/xie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨ/	/hɨ^H/
Li Rong	/xiə/	/xiə^H/
Wang Li	/xĭə/	/xĭə^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi/	/xi^H/
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

嬉

to enjoy
to play; to amuse oneself

Compounds

妺嬉
嬉嬉
嬉弄
嬉水 (xīshuǐ)
嬉皮 (xīpí)
嬉笑 (xīxiào)

嬉逐
文恬武嬉
耍嬉
酣嬉淋漓
兒嬉／儿嬉

嬉戲／嬉戏 (xīxì)
嬉皮笑臉／嬉皮笑脸 (xīpíxiàoliǎn)
嬉笑怒罵／嬉笑怒骂 (xīxiàonùmà)
嬉遊／嬉游 (xīyóu)
嬉鬧／嬉闹 (xīnào)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xǐ (xi³)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei²

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei²
  - Yale: héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵/

Definitions

嬉

Used in personal names.

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

嬉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

happy; glad

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)

Korean

Hanja

嬉 (eum 희 (hui))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嬉: Hán Nôm readings: hi

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