禧 (hei1 | xi3 xi1) : happiness

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禧

hei1

xi3 xi1

happiness; blessings; auspiciousness

Pinyin xi3 is the standard reading; xi1, the variant.

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: 示 (#113)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

禧

This word has been viewed 3614 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Nov 2009 13:42

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千禧 cin1 hei1 = millennium

千禧年 cin1 hei1 nin4 qian1 xi1 nian2 = the millennium

金禧 gam1 hei1 = golden jubilee

恭賀新禧 gung1 ho6 san1 hei1 gong1 he4 xin1 xi3 = Happy New Year

慈禧太后 ci4 hei1 taai3 hau6 ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4 = Empress Dowager Cixi

湯鈞禧 tong1 gwan1 hei1 tang1 jun1 xi3 = Kenneth Tong

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Decimal representation of this word: 禧
Unicode code for this character: U+79a7 (off-site link)

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