僖

僖	U+50D6, 僖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50D6

← 僕
[U+50D5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

僗 →
[U+50D7]

Translingual

Han character

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

joy, gladness, delight
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

**Small seal script**
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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹

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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹
  - Yale: hēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: xi

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

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/

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

joyful; happy; glad; delighted
a surname

Japanese

Kanji

僖

(uncommon “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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