嬉
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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 Dictionary: 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
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯs): semantic 女 + phonetic 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ). Also an ideogramic compound, as the right radical means "joy".
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hei1
- Eastern Min (BUC): hĭ
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hi1
- Southern Min
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hei1
- Yale: hēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei1
- Guangdong Romanization: héi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /hi⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hi1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hi
- Sinological IPA (key): /hi⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hi⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: xi, xiH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/, /*qʰlɯs/
Definitions
嬉
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 玩 (“to play; to play with”)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hei2
- Yale: héi
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei2
- Guangdong Romanization: héi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hei̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
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–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “嬉”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 252.
Japanese
Kanji
嬉
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
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Vietnamese
Han character
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