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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
Related characters
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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 巳
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*ljɯʔ, *lɯs
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| 祀
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*ljɯʔ
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| 汜
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*ljɯʔ
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| 戺
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*zrɯʔ
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| 起
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*kʰɯʔ
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| 熙
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*qʰlɯ
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| 媐
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*qʰlɯ, *lɯ
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| 圯
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*lɯ
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| 异
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*lɯ, *lɯs
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| 巸
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*lɯ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰlɯ) : phonetic 巸 (OC *lɯ) + semantic 灬 (“fire”).
Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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熙
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xi ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰ(r)ə/
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| English
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splendor
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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熙
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12012
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Phonetic
component
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巳
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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僖
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰlɯ/
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Definitions
熙
- bright; splendid; glorious
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
熙
- a surname.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
熙
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- bright; prosperous; merry
Readings
Compounds
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