happiness

Celebrating  good fortune  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shì show
SoundMeaning component
like, happy

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰlɯ
qʰlɯʔ

說文解字

《說文》:“禧,禮吉也。从示,喜聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica