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禧

xǐ

Character

What 禧 means

1. joy

Words starting with 禧

• 禧玛诺Xǐ mǎ nuòShimano (brand)

Words containing 禧

• 慈禧Cí XǐEmpress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
• 慈禧太后Cí xǐ tài hòuEmpress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
• 新禧xīn xǐHappy New Year!
• 白崇禧Bái Chóng xǐBai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general…
• 延禧攻略Yán xǐ Gōng lüèStory of Yanxi Palace (2018 TV series)
• 恭贺新禧gōng hè xīn xǐHappy New Year
• 千禧年qiān xǐ niánthe first year of a millennium (esp. the year 2000)
• 千禧一代Qiān xǐ Yī dàiGeneration Y; Millennial Generation

Characters built on 喜

These share the phonetic component 喜 (xǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 嘻xīlaugh; giggle; (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc)
• 嬉xī(literary) to amuse oneself; to play; to have fun
• 熹xībright; warm
• 僖xīcautious; merry; joyful

Characters that look like 禧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 播bō(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc)…
• 憾hànregret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
• 燔fánburn; to roast meat for sacrifice
• 橘júmandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
• 嬉xī(literary) to amuse oneself; to play; to have fun
• 檐yáneaves; ledge or brim

Sounds the same

Read xǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 喜to be fond of; to like; to enjoy
• 洗to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)
• 徙(literary) to change one's residence
• 玺ruler's seal
• 铣to mill (machining); Taiwan pr. xiǎn
• 喺to be at, in or on (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 在
• 囍double happiness (similar to 喜喜); symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
• 屣slippers
• 葸feel insecure; unhappy
• 簁sieve; to sift, to strain
• 蓰(grass); increase five fold
• 枲male nettle-hemp