Hanja Analyzer
嬉

嬉 — hui

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
아름다울 희
Romanization
hui
English
enjoy; play, amuse oneself
Mandarin
xī
Japanese on'yomi
キ
Japanese kun'yomi
うれ.しい たの.しむ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,274 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
女 (38, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
喜(희)
Unicode
U+5B09

Parts that make up 嬉

  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계
  • 喜 기쁠 희sound 북을 치며 웃는 입기쁨. ‘희’ 계열의 소리

How 嬉 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 嬉 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 喜.

Korean example words with 嬉

  • 희유嬉遊 Korean gloss: 즐겁게 놂.
  • 희소하다嬉笑 Korean gloss: 실없이 웃다.
  • 희희嬉嬉 Korean gloss: 기뻐서 웃는 모양.
  • 오희하다娛嬉 Korean gloss: 즐거워하고 기뻐하다.
  • 염희하다恬嬉 Korean gloss: 맡은 직무를 게을리하다.
  • 희유곡嬉遊曲 Korean gloss: 18세기 후반에 유럽, 특히 오스트리아에서 성행하였던 기악곡. 오락에 알맞도록 짜인 무도곡의 하나로, 형식은 모음곡보다 자유스
  • 희안지곡嬉安之曲 Korean gloss: 고려 시대에, 태묘ㆍ원구ㆍ선농 제향 때 음복례(飮福禮)에 연주하던 곡.
  • 문념무희文恬武嬉 Korean gloss: 문관들은 안일하게 지내고 무관들은 희롱한다는 뜻으로, 안일에 빠져 제 직분을 다하지 않음을 이르는 말.

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

Japanese words with 嬉

  • 嬉しいうれしい happy; glad; pleased
  • 嬉々きき merry; joyful; gleeful
  • 嬉笑きしょう happy laughter
  • 嬉戯きぎ frisking; frolicking; romping
  • 嬉し涙うれしなみだ happy tears; tears of joy
  • 嬉遊曲きゆうきょく divertimento; divertissement; cassation
  • 嬉しげうれしげ seeming happy
  • 嬉しがるうれしがる to seem glad; to look happy; to be glad
  • 嬉しそううれしそう delightful; glad-looking
  • 嬉し泣きうれしなき weeping for joy; crying with happiness
  • 嬉ションうれション (accidentally) peeing out of excitement; excitement urination
  • 嬉しがらせうれしがらせ flattery; adulation; commendation

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.

Other hanja read “희”

Other hanja with radical 女

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