禧

禧 · xǐ

happiness; congratulations

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xǐ
Cantonese
hei1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

happiness; congratulations

Dictionary definitions & readings

禧 xǐ · joy

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42408.080:xǐ,xī Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1234.010:xǐ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
394.200:xǐ Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xǐ,xī粵hei1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
キ さいわい Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
희:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
許其 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
IFGRR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3426.5 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0846.300 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
062.30 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+79A7
Radical
示 · 113
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6186

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
禧
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xi · 許其 · 止開三平之曉 · #200

PHONO-ML, source line 1713; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
984.503
kCowles
1024
kDaeJaweon
1267.200
kFennIndex
162.02
kHanYu
42408.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
1267.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42408.080
kIRGKangXi
0846.300
kKangXi
0846.300
kKarlgren
129
kMatthews
2440
kMeyerWempe
692
kMorohashi
24828 24828:E0102
kSBGY
062.30
kSMSZD2003Index
481.16
kCangjie
IFGRR
kFenn
739E
kFourCornerCode
3426.5
kHKGlyph
2884
kMojiJoho
MJ018945 MJ018945:E0102 MJ018944:E0103
kPhonetic
455
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6C7B
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C148
kIRG_JSource
J0-6336
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F6AF
kIRG_KSource
K0-7D7B
kIRG_TSource
T1-7452
kRSUnicode
113.12
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
C148
kCCCII
214E7A
kCNS1986
1-7452
kCNS1992
1-7452
kEACC
214E7A
kGB0
7691
kGB1
7691
kJis0
6722
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4406
kTGH
2013:6186
kTaiwanTelegraph
4406
kXerox
257:302
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5897+113.5.12 V+20183+113.4.12
kCantonese
hei1
kDefinition
happiness; congratulations
kFanqie
許其
kHangul
희:0N
kHanyuPinyin
42408.080:xǐ,xī
kJapanese
キ さいわい
kJapaneseKun
SAIWAI
kJapaneseOn
KI
kKorean
HUY
kMandarin
xǐ
kSMSZD2003Readings
xǐ,xī粵hei1
kTGHZ2013
394.200:xǐ
kXHC1983
1234.010:xǐ

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
10dictionary records using 禧0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
礻 beside 喜 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Source notation ^⿰礻喜$(GHT)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰礻喜$(GHT)

^⿰示喜$(JK)

^⿰示⿱壴口$(P)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.