嬉

嬉	U+5B09, 嬉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B09

Translingual

Han character

嬉 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女土口口 (VGRR), four-corner 4446₅, 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

trad.		嬉
simp. ^#		嬉
alternative forms		喜 archaic

Glyph origin

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

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 (xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
Eastern Min (BUC): hĭ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hi¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hi

(Teochew, Peng'im): hi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: si
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹
  - Yale: syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hei¹
  - Yale: hēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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: hi¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi/	/xi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	xì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei¹	hei³

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/

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Definitions

嬉

to enjoy
to play; to amuse oneself

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 玩 (“to play; to play with”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		嬉, 戲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		玩, 玩耍
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	玩兒
	Taiwan	玩
	Malaysia	玩
	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
	Wanrong	翻倒
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	子奇
	Xi'an	耍₁
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	耍₁
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	耍₁
	Wuhan	玩
	Guilin	耍₁
	Liuzhou	玩
	Dagudi (Maliba)	玩
	Reshuitang (Longling)	玩
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	玩
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	玩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	玩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	玩
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	耍₁
Cantonese	Guangzhou	玩, 嫽
	Hong Kong	玩
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	嫽
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	玩
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	嫽
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	嫽
	Macau	玩
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	玩, 仙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	去嫽
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	玩, 嫽
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嫽
	Foshan	嫽
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	成人, 玩
	Foshan (Shunde)	玩
	Foshan (Sanshui)	耍₁, 玩
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	耍₁
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	耍₁
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	玩
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	玩
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	嫽
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	嫽
	Taishan	嫽, 戀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嫽
	Enping (Niujiang)	嫽
	Heshan (Yayao)	耍₁
	Dongguan	嫽
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	嫽
	Qingyuan	耍₁
	Fogang	嫽
	Yingde (Hanguang)	嫽
	Yangshan	耍₁
	Lianshan (Butian)	耍極
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	耍₁
	Shaoguan	玩
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	玩
	Renhua	玩
	Lechang	玩
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	耍₁
	Sihui	玩耍
	Guangning	耍₁
	Deqing	蕩
	Huaiji	耍₁
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	耍₁
	Yunfu	耍₁, 搞
	Xinxing	轉
	Luoding	玩, 耍₁
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蕩
	Yangjiang	搞
	Xinyi	嫽, 蕩
	Maoming (Xinpo)	嫽
	Lianjiang	嫽
	Nanning	耍₁
	Wuzhou	去嫽
	Beihai	嘢
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	耍₁
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	玩
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	耍₁
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Penang (Guangfu)	玩
	Singapore (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Móng Cái	耍₁
Gan	Nanchang	暱, 玩
	Lichuan	猥
	Pingxiang	耍₁
Hakka	Meixian	嫽, 搞
	Xingning	嫽
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	嫽
	Huiyang	嫽
	Huidong (Daling)	嫽
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	嫽
	Boluo (Bendihua)	嫽
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	嫽
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	嫽
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	嫽
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	嫽
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	嫽
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	嫽
	Wengyuan	嫽
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	嫽
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	嫽
	Liannan	嫽
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	嫽
	Jiexi	搣
	Luhe	搞
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	嫽
	Changting	嫽
	Wuping	嫽
	Wuping (Pingyu)	嫽
	Liancheng	嫽
	Ninghua	嬉
	Yudu	嫽, 搞
	Shicheng	嬉
	Shangyou (Shexi)	嫽
	Tonggu (Sandu)	嫽
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	嫽
	Dayu	搞, 嫽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尞, 搞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	尞, 搞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	尞, 搞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	尞, 搞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	尞, 爽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	尞, 搞
	Hong Kong	嫽, 搞
	Mengshan (Xihe)	嫽, 搞
	Luchuan	嫽
	Senai (Huiyang)	嫽
	Kuching (Hepo)	搞
Huizhou	Jixi	嬉
Jin	Taiyuan	耍₁
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嬉
	Songxi	嬉
	Zhenghe	嬉
	Jianyang	嬉
	Wuyishan	嬉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	客佻
	Fuzhou (Changle)	客佻
	Lianjiang	客佻
	Fuqing	客佻
	Pingtan	客佻
	Yongtai	客佻
	Minqing	客佻
	Gutian	客佻
	Pingnan	他佻
	Luoyuan	客佻
	Fu'an	宅佻
	Ningde	客佻
	Xiapu	客佻
	Zherong	宅佻
	Shouning	宅佻
	Zhouning	宅佻
	Fuding	宅佻
	Matsu	客佻
	Singapore (Fuqing)	客佻
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	客佻
Southern Min	Xiamen	耍₂, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	𨑨迌
	Quanzhou	𨑨, 𨑨迌
	Jinjiang	𨑨迌
	Nan'an	𨑨迌
	Shishi	𨑨迌, 𨑨
	Hui'an	𨑨迌
	Anxi	𨑨迌
	Yongchun	𨑨迌
	Dehua	𨑨迌
	Zhangzhou	耍₂, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	𨑨迌
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	耍₂, 𨑨迌
	Hua'an	𨑨迌
	Nanjing	𨑨迌
	Pinghe	𨑨迌
	Zhangpu	𨑨迌
	Yunxiao	𨑨迌
	Zhao'an	耍₂, 𨑨迌
	Dongshan	𨑨迌
	Taipei	耍₂, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Kaohsiung	耍₂, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Kinmen	𨑨迌
	Penang (Hokkien)	𨑨迌, 奕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	耍₂, 𨑨迌
	Manila (Hokkien)	𨑨迌, 𨑨, 奕
	Longyan	𨑨迌
	Zhangping	𨑨迌
	Datian	嬉
	Chaozhou	耍₂, 𨑨迌
	Raoping	耍₂
	Shantou	耍₂, 𨑨迌
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𨑨迌
	Jieyang	耍₂, 𨑨迌, 羅坐
	Lufeng	𨑨迌
	Haifeng	𨑨迌
	Bangkok (Teochew)	𨑨迌
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𨑨迌
	Singapore (Teochew)	耍₂, 𨑨迌
	Pontianak (Teochew)	耍₂
	Leizhou	弄
	Wenchang	弄
	Haikou	弄
	Qionghai	弄
	Singapore (Hainanese)	弄
Puxian Min	Putian	搭聊
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	搭聊
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	搭聊
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	搭聊
	Xianyou	搭聊
	Xianyou (Fengting)	搭聊
	Xianyou (Youyang)	搭聊
Central Min	Yong'an	嬉
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	嬉
	Sanming (Shaxian)	嬉
Wu	Shanghai	白相
	Shanghai (Chongming)	白相
	Suzhou	白相
	Wuxi	白相
	Hangzhou	耍子
	Shaoxing	嬉 intransitive, 搞 transitive
	Ningbo	嬲和, 嬉 dated, 嬉戲 dated, 白相 rare
	Wenzhou	嬉, 玩, 狡調
	Lishui	嬉
	Jinhua	嬉
Xiang	Changsha	玩
	Shuangfeng	耍₁
	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 (xi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐ
  - Wade–Giles: hsi³
  - Yale: syǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shii
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hei²
  - Yale: héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵/

Definitions

嬉

Used in personal names.

References

“嬉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 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

嬉

(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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