歖

歖 U+6B56, 歖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B56 ← 歕 [U+6B55] CJK Unified Ideographs 歗 → [U+6B57]

Translingual

Han character

歖 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 土口弓人 (GRNO), four-corner 4768₂, composition ⿰喜欠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 572, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16200
• Dae Jaweon: page 960, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2151, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6B56

Chinese

simp. and trad.		歖

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐ (xi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei²

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: xi

Rime
Character	歖
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	hei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	歖
Reading #	1/1
No.	13413
Phonetic component	喜
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	僖
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯ/

Definitions

歖

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 134

Japanese

Kanji

歖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)、い (i)