僖

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

Translingual

Han character

僖 (radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人土口口 (OGRR), four-corner 24261, composition ⿰亻喜)

  1. joy, gladness, delight
  2. surname

References
  • KangXi: page 116, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1095
  • Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 217, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+50D6

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 僖

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 僖
Small seal script

s05804

Transcribed ancient scripts

L01942

L01943

L01944

L01945

L01946

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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (喜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

Pronunciation
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
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
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

  1. joy, gladness, delight
  2. A surname​.

Japanese

Kanji
僖

(uncommon “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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