# 嬉

| 嬉 | U+5B09, &#23305; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B09 |
| ← 嬈 [U+5B08] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嬊 → [U+5B0A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嬉 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女土口口 (VGRR), four-corner 4446$_5$, composition ⿰女喜)

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

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xī (xi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hei$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hĭ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hi$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hi$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** 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$^1$
*** Yale: hēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: héi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei̯⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /hi⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hi⁵³³/
* 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: hi$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | hei$^1$ | hei$^3$ |
* 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/ |
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Wu Chinese”

#### Definitions

嬉
* to enjoy
* to play; to amuse oneself

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 嬉, 戲 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 玩, 玩耍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 玩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 玩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 玩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 玩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 玩兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 玩兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 站, 耍$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 耍$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 翻倒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 子奇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 耍$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 耍$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 耍$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 耍$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 玩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 玩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 玩 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 玩, 仙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 去嫽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 成人, 玩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 耍$_1$, 玩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 嫽, 戀 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 耍極 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 玩耍 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蕩 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 耍$_1$, 搞 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 玩, 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蕩 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 搞 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 嫽, 蕩 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 去嫽 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 耍$_1$ |
| Gan | Nanchang | 暱, 玩 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 猥 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 耍$_1$ |
| Hakka | Meixian | 嫽, 搞 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 搣 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 搞 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Changting | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 嬉 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 嫽, 搞 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 嬉 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 搞, 嫽 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 尞, 爽 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 嫽, 搞 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 嫽, 搞 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 搞 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 嬉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 耍$_1$ |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 嬉 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 嬉 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 嬉 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 嬉 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 嬉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 他佻 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 客佻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 𨑨, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 𨑨迌, 𨑨 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 奕, 𨑨, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 嬉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 耍$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 羅坐 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 耍$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 弄 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 弄 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 弄 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 弄 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 弄 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 搭聊 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 嬉 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 嬉 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 嬉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 白相 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 白相 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 白相 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 白相 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 耍子 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 嬉 intransitive, 搞 transitive |
| Wu | Ningbo | 嬲和, 嬉 dated, 嬉戲 dated, 白相 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 嬉, 玩, 狡調 |
| Wu | Lishui | 嬉 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 嬉 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 玩 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 耍$_1$ |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 耍$_1$ |

#### Compounds

* 兒嬉／儿嬉 (érxī)
* 妺嬉
* 嬉嬉
* 嬉弄
* 嬉戲／嬉戏 (xīxì)
* 嬉水 (xīshuǐ)
* 嬉皮 (xīpí)
* 嬉皮笑臉／嬉皮笑脸 (xīpíxiàoliǎn)
* 嬉笑 (xīxiào)
* 嬉笑怒罵／嬉笑怒骂 (xīxiàonùmà)
* 嬉逐
* 嬉遊／嬉游 (xīyóu)
* 嬉鬧／嬉闹 (xīnào)
* 文恬武嬉 (wéntián wǔxī)
* 耍嬉
* 酣嬉淋漓

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xǐ (xi$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hei$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sǐ
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^3$
*** Yale: syǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shii
*** Palladius: си (si)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hei$^2$
*** Yale: héi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: héi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

嬉
* Used in personal names.

### References

* “嬉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “嬉”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 252.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* happy; glad

#### Readings

* Go-on: き (ki)
* Kan-on: き (ki)
* Kun: たのしむ (tanoshimu, 嬉しむ)、うれしい (ureshii, 嬉しい)
* Nanori: うらし (urashi)、うれし (ureshi)

## Korean
### Hanja

嬉 (eum 희 (hui))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

嬉: Hán Nôm readings: hi
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