僖

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僖 U+50D6, 僖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50D6
← 僕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 僗 →

Translingual

Han character

僖 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人土口口 (OGRR), four-corner 24261, composition ⿰亻喜)

  1. joy, gladness, delight
  2. surname

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 116, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1095
  • Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 217, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+50D6

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 僖

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僖
s05804
Transcribed ancient scripts
L01942
L01943
L01944
L01945
L01946
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone 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) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 僖
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 僖
Reading # 1/1
No. 13412
Phonetic
component 		喜
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		僖
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰlɯ/

Definitions

僖

  1. joyful; happy; glad; delighted
  2. a surname

Japanese

Kanji

僖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: き (ki)
  • Kan-on: き (ki)
  • Kun: よろこぶ (yorokobu, 僖ぶ)

Korean

Hanja

僖 • (hui) (hangeul 희)

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