欣喜

Chinese

happy
 
to be fond of; to like; to enjoy
to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
simp. and trad.
(欣喜)
欣 喜
alternative forms 忻喜

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 欣 喜
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 欣 (57) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 許斤切 虚里切
Baxter xj+n xiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨn/ /hɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/hɨn/ /hɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiən/ /xieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨn/ /hɨX/
Li
Rong
/xiən/ /xiəX/
Wang
Li
/xĭən/ /xĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯ən/ /xiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xīn xǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jan1 hei2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 欣 喜
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xīn xǐ
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjɨn › ‹ xiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰər/ /*qʰ(r)əʔ/
English rejoice joy; rejoice

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 欣 喜
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6665 13416
Phonetic
component
斤 喜
Rime
group
文 之
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
欣 喜
Old
Chinese
/*qʰɯn/ /*qʰlɯʔ/

Adjective

欣喜

  1. glad; joyful; happy

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
欣 喜
きん
Jinmeiyō
き
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 欣喜 (hɨn hɨX)

Pronunciation

Noun

欣(きん)喜(き) • (kinki) 

  1. joy, delight

Derived terms

Verb

欣(きん)喜(き)する • (kinki suru) suru (stem 欣(きん)喜(き)し (kinki shi), past 欣(きん)喜(き)した (kinki shita))

  1. rejoice, delight

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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