# 禧

| 禧 | U+79A7, &#31143; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79A7 |
| ← 禦 [U+79A6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 禨 → [U+79A8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

禧 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 戈火土口口 (IFGRR), four-corner 3426$_5$, composition ⿰礻喜)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 846, character 30
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24828
* Dae Jaweon: page 1267, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2408, character 8
* Unihan data for U+79A7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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, *qʰlɯʔ) : semantic 示 + phonetic 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xǐ, xī
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ, ㄒㄧ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hei$^1$ / hei$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hei$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hî / hí
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hi$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): hǐ
* Eastern Min (BUC): hĭ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hí / hi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hi$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$shi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xi$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sǐ
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^3$
*** Yale: syǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shii
*** Palladius: си (si)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xī
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: si
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$
*** Yale: syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
*** Palladius: си (si)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hei$^1$ / hei$^2$
*** Yale: hēi / héi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hei$^1$ / hei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: héi$^1$ / héi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei̯⁵⁵/, /hei̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hî / hí
*** Hakka Romanization System: hi$^ˊ$ / hi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hi$^1$ / hi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴/, /hi³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi³¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǐ
*** Sinological IPA : /xi²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /hi⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí / hi
*** Tâi-lô: hí / hi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hie, hy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁵³/, /hi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁵⁵⁴/, /hi³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁵³/, /hi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hi⁵³/, /hi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴¹/, /hi⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hi$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi
*** Sinological IPA : /hi³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$shi
*** MiniDict: shi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$xi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: xi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: xi
Rime :
| Character | 禧 |
| 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 | hei$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/, /*qʰlɯʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 禧 | 禧 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 13410 | 13417 |
| Phonetic component | 喜 | 喜 |
| Rime group | 之 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 僖 | 喜 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰlɯ/ | /*qʰlɯʔ/ |

### Definitions

禧
* favourable luck; good fortune; auspiciousness; blessings

### Compounds

* 千禧年 (qiānxǐnián)
* 嘉禧
* 年禧
* 恭賀新禧／恭贺新禧 (gōnghèxīnxǐ)
* 慈禧
* 慈禧太后 (Cíxǐ Tàihòu)
* 新禧 (xīnxǐ)
* 祝禧
* 福禧
* 禧年
* 繁禧
* 金禧 (jīnxǐ)
* 降禧
* 鴻禧／鸿禧

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): き (ki)
* Kun: さいわい (saiwai)
* Nanori: ひさし (hisashi)、よし (yoshi)

## Korean
### Hanja

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