僖

僖 — hui

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 즐거울 희
Romanization: hui
English: joy, gladness, delight; surname
Mandarin: xī
Japanese on'yomi: キ
Japanese kun'yomi: よろこ.ぶ
Japanese usage: Not on either list
Strokes: 14
Radical: 人 (9, 12 residual)
Phonetic component: 喜(희)
Unicode: U+50D6

Parts that make up 僖

亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
喜 기쁠 희sound 북을 치며 웃는 입기쁨. ‘희’ 계열의 소리

How 僖 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 僖 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 喜.

Korean example words with 僖

희왕僖王 Korean gloss: 발해의 제8대 왕(?~817). 성은 대(大). 이름은 언의(言義). 연호를 주작(朱雀)이라 고치고, 중국 당나라와 교류하여

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 喜

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “희” in Korean.

嘻嬉憙熹熺禧饎

Other hanja with radical 人

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