囍

See also: 𡅕

囍	U+56CD, 囍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56CD

← 囌
[U+56CC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

囎 →
[U+56CE]

Translingual

Han character

囍 (radical 30 口+21, 24 strokes, cangjie input 土口土口口 (GRGRR), four-corner 4466₁, composition ⿰喜喜 (GHTJ) or ⿰𠶮𠶮 (K))

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 216, character 5
Dae Jaweon: page 438, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 707, character 6
Unihan data for U+56CD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		囍
alt. forms		𡅕𡄝

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 喜 + 喜 (“happiness”). Duplication of 喜.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xǐ, shuāngxǐ (xi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ, ㄕㄨㄤㄒㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei², soeng¹ hei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ
  - Wade–Giles: hsih³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shii
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuāngxǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤㄒㄧˇ
  - Wade–Giles: shuang¹ hsih³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuangshii
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei², soeng¹ hei²
  - Yale: héi, sēung héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei², soeng¹ hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi², sêng¹ héi²
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵/, /sœːŋ⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵/

Definitions

囍

double happiness

Related terms

雙喜／双喜 (shuāngxǐ)

References

"Polysyllabic characters revisited", Victor Mair, Language Log

Korean

Hanja

囍 • (hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune–Reischauer hŭi)

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