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戲

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See also: 戯 and 戏
戲 U+6232, 戲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6232
← 戱
[U+6231] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 戳 →
[U+6233]

Translingual

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Han character

戲 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿戈 (YTI), four-corner 23250, composition ⿰䖒戈)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 414, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11681
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1413, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+6232
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː): phonetic 䖒 (xī) + semantic 戈 (“halberd”), originally referring to the wing or flank of an army.

Etymology

Cognate with 嘕 (OC *qʰran, “to laugh”), Tibetan ཀྱལ་ཀ (kyal ka, “joke; jest; trick”), Mizo khâl (“to play with”), Mizo inkhêl (“to gamble; to play”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • Longyan:
    • hì - “opera, acrobatics”;
    • hī - “to play, to deride”.
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Definitions

戲

  1. to play; to amuse; to have fun
    玄德幼時，與鄉中小兒戲於樹下。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
    玄德幼时，与乡中小儿戏于树下。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
    From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14th century CE
    Xuándé yòu shí, yǔ xiāng zhōng xiǎo'ér xì yú shù xià. [Pinyin]
    When Liu Bei was young, he played with the children of the village under a tree.
  2. to tease; to chaff
    他不喜歡被人戲弄，覺得這樣很不尊重。 [MSC, trad.]
    他不喜欢被人戏弄，觉得这样很不尊重。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā bù xǐhuān bèi rén xìnòng, jiào dé zhèyàng hěn bù zūnzhòng. [Pinyin]
    He doesn't like to be teased by others, as he considers it disrespectful.
  3. theatrical play; show; theater; opera (Classifier: 齣／出; 部 m)
    Synonym: 劇 / 剧
  4. (dialectal, Penang Hokkien) movie; film (Classifier: 齣／出 c; 套 c)
  5. (Cantonese) scene (Classifier: 場／场 c)
  6. (figurative) interesting part; hope
  7. (Penang Hokkien) program, programme: a performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 電影 (“film; movie”) [map]
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Compounds

Descendants

  • → Guiqiong: ɕi

Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

戲

  1. alternative form of 呼 (“to shout”), used in 於戲／於戏 (wūhū)

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

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Definitions

戲

  1. alternative form of 羲 (xī), used in 伏戲／伏戏
  2. (obsolete) slanting; steep
  3. Used in place names.

Compounds

Pronunciation 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 戲 – see 麾 (“a pennant, flag, banner; to signal to”).
(This character is a variant form of 麾).

Compounds

  • 戲下 / 戏下
  • 戲戟 / 戏戟

Pronunciation 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 戲 – see 犧 (“a kind of wine cup”).
(This character is a variant form of 犧).

Pronunciation 6

Definitions

戲

  1. only used in 戲氏阪／戏氏阪

References

  • “戲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “戏”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 160.
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Japanese

Shinjitai

 戯

Kyūjitai

 戲

Kanji

戲

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 戯)

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Readings

  • Go-on: け (ke)
  • Kan-on: き (ki)
  • Kan’yō-on: ぎ (gi)、げ (ge)
  • Kun: たわむれる (tawamureru, 戲れる)←たはむれる (tafamureru, 戲れる, historical)

Korean

Alternative forms

Usage notes

This form "戲" is the orthodox form according to the "Table of hanja for personal names" and many Hanja authorities in South Korea including the National Institute of Korean Language, and the alternative form "戱" is recognized as an official variant form (속자 (俗字, sokja)) by the "Table of hanja for personal names." However, "戱" is far more common in actual usage.

Some Korean dictionaries only include "戱" when glossing words containing this Hanja.

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 戲 (MC xjeH). Recorded as Middle Korean 희〯 (hǔy) (Yale: hǔy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

戲 (eumhun 놀이 희 (nori hui))
戲 (eumhun 희롱할 희 (huironghal hui))

  1. hanja form? of 희 (“play”)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Related to Middle Chinese 呼 (MC xu).

Hanja

戲 (eumhun 서러울 호 (seoreoul ho))
戲 (eumhun 탄식할 호 (tansikhal ho))

  1. (literary Chinese) alternative form of 呼 (“hanja form? of 호 (“shout; sigh”)”)

Compounds

  • 어희 (於戲, eohui)
  • 어희곡 (於戲哭, eohuigok)

Etymology 3

Related to Middle Chinese 麾 (MC xjwe).

Hanja

戲 (eumhun 기 휘 (gi hwi))

  1. (literary Chinese) alternative form of 麾 (“hanja form? of 휘 (“banner”)”)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
  • Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 54.
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Vietnamese

Han character

戲: Hán Nôm readings: hí, hé, hi, hô

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