# 僖

| 僖 | U+50D6, &#20694; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50D6 |
| ← 僕 [U+50D5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 僗 → [U+50D7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

僖 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人土口口 (OGRR), four-corner 2426$_1$, composition ⿰亻喜)
* joy, gladness, delight
* surname

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 116, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1095
* Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 31
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 217, character 1
* Unihan data for U+50D6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 僖
* Small seal scripts05804Transcribed ancient scriptsL01942L01943L01944L01945L01946
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | 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): semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xī (xi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hei$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hî
    (Hailu, HRS): hi$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hĭ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hi$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi
* 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/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hî
*** Hakka Romanization System: hi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hi$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /hi⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hi$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hi
*** 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/
* Middle Chinese: xi
Rime :
| Character | 僖 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hei$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 僖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13412 |
| Phonetic component | 喜 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 僖 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰlɯ/ |

### Definitions

僖
* joyful; happy; glad; delighted
* a surname

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “僖”, 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: き (ki)
* Kan-on: き (ki)
* Kun: よろこぶ (yorokobu, 僖ぶ)

## Korean
### Hanja

僖 • (hui) (hangeul 희)
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