嬉うれし

嬉うれし U+5B09, 嬉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B09 ← 嬈 [U+5B08] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬊 → [U+5B0A]

Translingual

Han character

嬉うれし (Kangxi radical 38, 女おんな+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女おんな土ど口口くちぐち (VGRR), four-corner 4446₅, composition ⿰女おんな喜き)

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.		嬉うれし
simp. #		嬉うれし
alternative forms		喜き archaic

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (喜き) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嘻	*qʰɯ
嬉うれし	*qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯs
禧	*qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯʔ
熹	*qʰlɯ
僖	*qʰlɯ
歖	*qʰlɯ
譆	*qʰlɯ
瞦	*qʰlɯ
喜き	*qʰlɯʔ
憙	*qʰlɯʔ, *qʰlɯs
蟢	*qʰlɯʔ
糦	*kʰljɯs
饎	*kʰljɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *qʰlɯ, *qʰlɯs) : semantic 女おんな + phonetic 喜き (OC *qʰlɯʔ). Also an ideogramic compound, as the right radical means "joy".

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): hĭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hi¹

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• 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi
    • Tâi-lô: hi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: xi, xiH

Rime
Character	嬉うれし	嬉うれし
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲こえ)	曉あかつき (32)	曉あかつき (32)
Final (韻いん)	之これ (19)	之これ (19)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	許もと其切きり	許もと記き切きり
Baxter	xi	xiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨ/	/hɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨ/	/hɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/xie/	/xieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨ/	/hɨH/
Li Rong	/xiə/	/xiəH/
Wang Li	/xĭə/	/xĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi/	/xiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	xì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei1	hei3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/, /*qʰlɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬉うれし	嬉うれし
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13409	13421
Phonetic component	喜き	喜き
Rime group	之これ	之これ
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	僖	憙
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯ/	/*qʰlɯs/

Definitions

嬉うれし

1. to enjoy
2. to play; to amuse oneself

Compounds

• 兒こ嬉うれし／儿嬉 (érxī)
• 妺嬉
• 嬉嬉きき
• 嬉うれし弄ろう
• 嬉戲きぎ／嬉うれし戏 (xīxì)
• 嬉うれし水すい (xīshuǐ)
• 嬉うれし皮がわ (xīpí)
• 嬉うれし皮がわ笑わらい臉／嬉うれし皮がわ笑わらい脸 (xīpíxiàoliǎn)
• 嬉うれし笑わらい (xīxiào)
• 嬉うれし笑わらい怒いか罵ののし／嬉うれし笑わらい怒いか骂 (xīxiàonùmà)
• 嬉うれし逐
• 嬉うれし遊ゆう／嬉うれし游ゆう (xīyóu)
• 嬉うれし鬧／嬉うれし闹 (xīnào)
• 文ぶん恬武嬉うれし
• 耍嬉
• 酣たけなわ嬉うれし淋漓りんり

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐ (xi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei²

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei²
    • Yale: héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵/

Definitions

嬉うれし

1. Used in personal names.

References

• “嬉うれし”, in 漢語かんご多功たこう能のう字じ庫こ (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港ほんこん中ちゅう文ぶん大學だいがく (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

嬉うれし

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. happy; glad

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: たのしむ (tanoshimu, 嬉うれししむ); うれしい (ureshii, 嬉うれしい)
• Nanori: うらし (urashi); うれし (ureshi)

Korean

Hanja

嬉うれし (eum 희 (hui))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嬉うれし: Hán Nôm readings: hi

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