嬉

嬉	U+5B09, 嬉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B09

Translingual edit

Han character edit

嬉 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女土口口 (VGRR), four-corner 4446₅, composition ⿰女喜)

References edit

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 edit

trad.		嬉
simp. ^#		嬉
alternative forms		喜 archaic

Glyph origin edit

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, *qʰlɯs) : semantic 女 + phonetic 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ). Also an ideogramic compound, as the right radical means "joy".

Pronunciation 1 edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
Eastern Min (BUC): hĭ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hi

(Teochew, Peng'im): hi¹

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/

Middle Chinese: xi, xiH

Rime
Character	嬉	嬉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許其切	許記切
Baxter	xi	xiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨ/	/hɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨ/	/hɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xie/	/xie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨ/	/hɨ^H/
Li Rong	/xiə/	/xiə^H/
Wang Li	/xĭə/	/xĭə^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi/	/xi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	xì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei¹	hei³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/, /*qʰlɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬉	嬉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13409	13421
Phonetic component	喜	喜
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	僖	憙
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯ/	/*qʰlɯs/