熙

See also: 煕, 熈, 𤋮, 凞, and 焈

熙	U+7199, 熙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7199

← 熘
[U+7198]

CJK Unified Ideographs

熚 →
[U+719A]

Translingual

Han character

熙 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸山火 (SUF) or X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: not present, would follow page 678, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2226, character 6
Unihan data for U+7199

Chinese

simp. and trad.		熙
alternative forms		焈熈／熙煕𤋮／熙凞焈熈／熙煕𤋮／熙凞㷩

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, OC *qʰlɯ) : phonetic 巸 (OC *lɯ) + semantic 灬 (“fire”).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hi¹
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/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /çi⁴⁴/
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/

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
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

熙

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

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

熙

a surname.

Compounds

光熙
太熙
孔祥熙
康熙 (Kāngxī)
康熙字典 (Kāngxī Zìdiǎn)
徐熙
民熙物阜
淳熙
熙和 (xīhé)
熙怡

熙提 (xītí)
熙攘 (xīrǎng)
熙春 (xīchūn)
熙朝 (xīcháo)
熙洽
熙熙 (xīxī)
熙熙壤壤
熙熙攘攘 (xīxīrǎngrǎng)
熙熙融融
物阜民熙

郭熙
重熙
重熙累洽
雍熙
劉熙／刘熙
淳熙閣帖／淳熙阁帖
熙來攘往／熙来攘往 (xīláirǎngwǎng)
熙寧／熙宁
王熙鳳／王熙凤
緝熙／缉熙

Japanese

Kanji

熙

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

熙: Hán Nôm readings: hây, hy, hi

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References

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