Radical
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
9
Mandarin
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
9 strokes
Strokes
12 strokes
Mandarin

Definitions by reading

hi2
Mandarin equivalent
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng hi2 Chaoyang hi2 Chenghai hi2 Jieyang hi2 Raoping hi2 Shantou hi2
①快乐:喜笑颜开
②可庆贺的:喜事
③怀孕:有喜
④爱好:喜好
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
曉母 三等 開口 之韵 上声 虛里切
Reconstruction:
Original

喜樂。又聞喜縣在絳州,漢武帝幸左邑,聞南越破,遂改爲聞喜縣。禮記曰:人喜則斯陶,陶斯咏,虛里切,又香忌切三。