煕

See also: 熙

煕 U+7155, 煕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7155 ← 煔 [U+7154] CJK Unified Ideographs 煖 → [U+7156]

Translingual

Han character

煕 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸山火 (SUF), four-corner 7733₁, composition ⿱⿰𦣝巳灬)

Related characters

• 熙 (Preferred form in modern Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 676, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19192
• Dae Jaweon: page 1087, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 2220, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7155

Usage notes

This character is the original form of 熙 which is found in the Kangxi dictionary.

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 巸 (OC *lɯ) + semantic 灬 (“fire”)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 煕 – see 熙 (“bright; splendid; glorious; happy and harmonious; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 熙).

Japanese

Kanji

煕

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Alternative form of 熙

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: ひかり (hikari)、ひかる (hikaru)

Korean

Hanja

煕 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi, Yale huy)

1. bright, splendid, glorious