happiness

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approved by inralback19 · Feb 11, 2026, 10:53 PM · Reviewed by inralback19 on Feb 11, 2026, 10:53 PM

big drum

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Celebrating  good fortune  also provides the pronunciation

Components

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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