熹

熹 — hui

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 빛날 희
Romanization: hui
English: dim light, glimmer; warm, bright
Mandarin: xī
Japanese on'yomi: キ
Japanese kun'yomi: あぶ.るあかるい
Japanese usage: Not on either list
Strokes: 16
Variant forms: 熺
Radical: 火 (86, 12 residual)
Phonetic component: 喜(희)
Unicode: U+71B9

Parts that make up 熹

喜 기쁠 희sound 북을 치며 웃는 입기쁨. ‘희’ 계열의 소리
灬 불 화variant of 火 타오르는 불꽃불·열·빛, 태우고 익히는 일. 아래에서 灬 로 쓴다

How 熹 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 熹 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 喜, 火.

Korean example words with 熹

희미하다熹微 Korean gloss: 햇빛이 흐릿하다
광희光熹 Korean gloss: 중국 후한 소제(少帝) 때의 연호(189). 소제의 첫 번째 연호이다.

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.

僖嘻嬉憙熺禧饎

Other hanja with radical 火

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