# 喜

| 喜 | U+559C, &#21916; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-559C |
| ← 喛 [U+559B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 喝 → [U+559D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

喜 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土口廿口 (GRTR), four-corner 4060$_1$, composition ⿱壴口)

#### Derived characters

* 僖, 嘻, 嬉, 㝆, 憘, 㵙, 暿, 橲, 熺, 𤩠, 禧, 瞦, 礂, 鿋, 糦, 繥, 蟢, 譆, 𫍻, 𨭎, 𬭳, 饎, 𱄆, 鱚, 𬶮, 囏, 䵱, 囍, 敼, 歖, 噽, 嚭, 𪢣, 憙, 熹

#### Descendants

* 㐂
* 𛀣

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 199, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3957
* Dae Jaweon: page 420, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 649, character 2
* Unihan data for U+559C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 喜 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 壴 (“drum”) + 口 (“mouth”). It represents joy through playing the drum and singing cheerfully.
Duplicated character: 囍.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xǐ (xi$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xi$^3$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щи (xi, II)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hei$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hei$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xi$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hí
    (Hailu, HRS): hi$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hi$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xi$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): hǐ
* Eastern Min (BUC): hī
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hi$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hi$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$shi / $^3$shi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xi$^3$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xi
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щи (xi, II)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hei$^2$
*** Yale: héi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: héi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí
*** Hakka Romanization System: hi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hi$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕi⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǐ
*** Sinological IPA : /xi²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hī
*** Sinological IPA : /hi³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hi$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hî
*** Sinological IPA : /hi⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hi³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí
*** Tâi-lô: hí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hi⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hi$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hí
*** Sinological IPA : /hi⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$shi
*** MiniDict: shi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$xi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi³⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou, Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^3$shi
*** MiniDict: shi$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɕi⁵¹/
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɕi⁵³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: xi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁴¹/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit喜 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕi²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɕi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ɕi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕi⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ɕi⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ɕi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ɕi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɕji⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɕi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɕi⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɕi⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɕi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ɕi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɕi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ɕi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ɕi²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /sz̩²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕi⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕi⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕi⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɕi³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɕi⁵¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɕi⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /sz̩³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕi³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ɕi³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ɕi⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɕi⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕi²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /hi³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /hi³¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hei³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /hi³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /hei³⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hi⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /hi³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xi²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /hi⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /hi²¹³/ |
* Middle Chinese: xiX
Rime :
| Character | 喜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 虚里切 |
| Baxter | xiX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hɨ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xie$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /xiə$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭə$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hei$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)əʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 喜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xi$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰ(r)əʔ/ |
| English | joy; rejoice |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 喜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13416 |
| Phonetic component | 喜 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 喜 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰlɯʔ/ |

#### Definitions

喜
* happy; pleased; joyful
    喜迎 ― xǐ yíng ― to welcome happily
    喜出望外 ― xǐchūwàngwài ― to be pleasantly surprised
* joyful; worth celebrating
    喜訊／喜讯 ― xǐxùn ― happy news
    喜筵 ― xǐyán ― banquet for a happy event (typically a wedding feast)
* joyful thing; happy event
    報喜／报喜 ― bàoxǐ ― to announce good news
* pregnancy
    有喜 ― yǒuxǐ ― to be pregnant
    害喜 ― hàixǐ ― to have morning sickness
* (dated, euphemistic) variola; smallpox
* to be fond of; to like; to love; to enjoy
* (of an organism) to need; to require
    喜光植物 ― xǐ guāng zhíwù ― photophilous plant
    From: 彭光途, 陆家怡, 梅慧敏 (1987) 花卉栽培技术, Beijing: 中国林业出版社, →ISBN, page 177
    Xiānrénzhǎng xǐ chōngzú yángguāng, nàihàn bù nàihán, xǐ páishuǐ liánghǎo de shā zhì rǎngtǔ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (literary) to be prone to
* a surname

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xī (xi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
* 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/

#### Definitions

喜
* Original form of 嬉 (xī).
* Alternative form of 熙

### Pronunciation 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 喜 – see 饎 (“food; to cook”). (This character is a variant form of 饎).

### Compounds

* 不喜
* 乖覺可喜 / 乖觉可喜 (guāijuékěxǐ)
* 人間喜劇 / 人间喜剧
* 兜喜神方
* 出閣之喜 / 出阁之喜
* 勿藥有喜 / 勿药有喜
* 千歡萬喜 / 千欢万喜
* 厭舊喜新 / 厌旧喜新
* 又驚又喜 / 又惊又喜 (yòujīngyòuxǐ)
* 取喜
* 可喜 (kěxǐ)
* 可喜可賀 / 可喜可贺 (kěxǐkěhè)
* 可喜娘
* 吃喜
* 同喜
* 吃喜酒
* 吵喜
* 喜上眉梢 (xǐshàngméishāo)
* 喜不自勝 / 喜不自胜
* 喜不自禁
* 喜事 (xǐshì)
* 喜信 (xǐxìn)
* 喜兆
* 喜出望外 (xǐchūwàngwài)
* 喜劇 / 喜剧 (xǐjù)
* 喜劇人物 / 喜剧人物
* 喜劇形象 / 喜剧形象
* 喜劇片 / 喜剧片
* 喜劇電影 / 喜剧电影
* 喜功
* 喝喜酒
* 喜地歡天 / 喜地欢天
* 喜堂
* 喜報 / 喜报 (xǐbào)
* 喜好 (xǐhào)
* 喜娘 (xǐniáng)
* 喜孜孜 (xǐzīzī)
* 喜客
* 喜宴 (xǐyàn)
* 喜容
* 喜峰口
* 喜帖 (xǐtiě)
* 喜幛
* 喜形於色 / 喜形于色
* 喜得 (xǐdé)
* 喜從天降 / 喜从天降
* 喜怒哀樂 / 喜怒哀乐 (xǐnù'āilè)
* 喜怒無常 / 喜怒无常 (xǐnùwúcháng)
* 喜悅 / 喜悦 (xǐyuè)
* 喜愛 / 喜爱 (xǐ'ài)
* 喜感 (xǐgǎn)
* 喜慶 / 喜庆 (xǐqìng)
* 喜房
* 喜新厭故 / 喜新厌故
* 喜新厭舊 / 喜新厌旧 (xǐxīnyànjiù)
* 喜服
* 喜果 (xǐguǒ)
* 喜極而泣 / 喜极而泣 (xǐjí'érqì)
* 喜樂 / 喜乐 (xǐlè)
* 喜歌劇 / 喜歌剧 (xǐgējù)
* 喜歡 / 喜欢
* 喜氣 / 喜气 (xǐqì)
* 喜氣旺色 / 喜气旺色
* 喜氣洋洋 / 喜气洋洋 (xǐqìyángyáng)
* 喜洽
* 喜洋洋 (xǐyángyáng)
* 喜當爹 / 喜当爹 (xǐdāngdiē)
* 喜病
* 喜眉笑眼
* 喜神
* 喜笑
* 喜笑顏開 / 喜笑颜开 (xǐxiàoyánkāi)
* 喜筵 (xǐyán)
* 喜糖 (xǐtáng)
* 喜聞樂見 / 喜闻乐见 (xǐwénlèjiàn)
* 喜聯 / 喜联
* 喜脈 / 喜脉 (xǐmài)
* 喜色 (xǐsè)
* 喜花
* 喜蟲兒 / 喜虫儿
* 喜訊 / 喜讯 (xǐxùn)
* 喜躍 / 喜跃 (xǐyuè)
* 喜躍抃舞 / 喜跃抃舞
* 喜逐顏開 / 喜逐颜开
* 喬遷之喜 / 乔迁之喜 (qiáoqiānzhīxǐ)
* 喜酒 (xǐjiǔ)
* 喜錢 / 喜钱 (xǐqián)
* 喜雨 (xǐyǔ)
* 喜雪 (xǐxuě)
* 喜餅 / 喜饼 (xǐbǐng)
* 喜鵲 / 喜鹊 (xǐquè)
* 喜鵲叫吉 / 喜鹊叫吉
* 四喜
* 四喜袋
* 回嗔作喜 (huíchēn zuòxǐ)
* 報喜 / 报喜 (bàoxǐ)
* 報喜人 / 报喜人
* 夢熊之喜 / 梦熊之喜
* 大喜 (dàxǐ)
* 大喜事
* 大喜若狂
* 大喜過望 / 大喜过望 (dàxǐguòwàng)
* 大四喜 (dàsìxǐ)
* 天喜
* 好大喜功 (hàodàxǐgōng)
* 婚喪喜慶 / 婚丧喜庆 (hūnsāngxǐqìng)
* 宜喜宜嗔
* 宜嗔宜喜
* 害喜 (hàixǐ)
* 小喜
* 幸喜 (xìngxǐ)
* 弄璋之喜 (nòngzhāngzhīxǐ)
* 弄瓦之喜 (nòngwǎzhīxǐ)
* 忻喜 (xīnxǐ)
* 忽喜忽憂 / 忽喜忽忧
* 恭喜 (gōngxǐ)
* 恭喜發財 / 恭喜发财 (gōngxǐ fācái)
* 悲喜 (bēixǐ)
* 悲喜交切
* 悲喜交加
* 悲喜交并
* 悲喜交至
* 悲喜交集 (bēixǐ-jiāojí)
* 悲喜兼集
* 悲喜劇 / 悲喜剧 (bēixǐjù)
* 意念喜劇 / 意念喜剧
* 慶喜 / 庆喜
* 憂喜交集 / 忧喜交集 (yōuxǐ jiāojí)
* 憂喜參半 / 忧喜参半
* 懽喜 / 欢喜
* 新喜
* 新喜劇 / 新喜剧
* 暗喜 (ànxǐ)
* 暗自竊喜 / 暗自窃喜
* 有喜 (yǒuxǐ)
* 欣喜 (xīnxǐ)
* 欣喜若狂 (xīnxǐruòkuáng)
* 欣喜雀躍 / 欣喜雀跃 (xīnxǐ quèyuè)
* 欣然自喜
* 歡喜 / 欢喜 (huānxǐ)
* 歡喜佛 / 欢喜佛 (huānxǐfó)
* 歡喜冤家 / 欢喜冤家
* 歡喜若狂 / 欢喜若狂 (huānxǐruòkuáng)
* 歡喜錢兒 / 欢喜钱儿
* 歡天喜地 / 欢天喜地 (huāntiānxǐdì)
* 歡歡喜喜 / 欢欢喜喜
* 沖喜 / 冲喜 (chōngxǐ)
* 法喜 (fǎxǐ)
* 沾沾自喜 (zhānzhānzìxǐ)
* 洋洋喜氣 / 洋洋喜气
* 滂喜篇
* 滿心歡喜 / 满心欢喜
* 燕喜
* 狂喜 (kuángxǐ)
* 白喜草
* 白四喜兒 / 白四喜儿
* 皆大歡喜 / 皆大欢喜 (jiēdàhuānxǐ)
* 空歡喜 / 空欢喜 (kōng huānxǐ)
* 竊喜 / 窃喜 (qièxǐ)
* 聞喜宴 / 闻喜宴
* 聞過則喜 / 闻过则喜
* 聞過色喜 / 闻过色喜
* 見喜 / 见喜
* 見獵心喜 / 见猎心喜 (jiànlièxīnxǐ)
* 見而色喜 / 见而色喜
* 討喜 / 讨喜 (tǎoxǐ)
* 誌喜 / 志喜
* 賀喜 / 贺喜 (hèxǐ)
* 賀喜撮空 / 贺喜撮空
* 轉悲為喜 / 转悲为喜
* 轉愁為喜 / 转愁为喜
* 轉憂成喜 / 转忧成喜
* 轉憂為喜 / 转忧为喜
* 道喜 (dàoxǐ)
* 隨喜 / 随喜 (suíxǐ)
* 雙喜 / 双喜 (shuāngxǐ)
* 雙喜臨門 / 双喜临门 (shuāngxǐlínmén)
* 驕矜自喜 / 骄矜自喜
* 驚喜 / 惊喜 (jīngxǐ)
* 驚喜交加 / 惊喜交加
* 黑色喜劇 / 黑色喜剧

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* rejoice

#### Readings

* Go-on: こ (ko)
* Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
* Kun: よろこぶ (yorokobu, 喜ぶ, Jōyō)、よろこび (yorokobi, 喜び)

#### Compounds

* 喜(き)劇(げき) (kigeki, “comedy”)
* 喜(き)捨(しゃ) (kisha)
* 悲(ひ)喜(き) (hiki, “joys and sorrows”)

#### See also

* 㐂 (non-standard variant for this character)

### Etymology 1
#### Proper noun

喜(よし) • (Yoshi)
* a male given name

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 喜
* き Grade: 5
* on'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʲi]

#### Affix

喜(き) • (ki)
* joy; delight; pleasure

## Korean
### Hanja

喜 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi)
* happiness, enjoyment

#### Compounds

* 희극 (喜劇, huigeuk)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

喜: Hán Nôm readings: hỉ, hỷ, hẻ, hởi
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### References

* Nom Foundation
* Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
* Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
* Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999