禧 (xǐ): joy

禧 (xǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “joy.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 礻 (structural) and 喜 (structural). It ranks #3922 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 禧 celebrating 喜 good fortune 礻; 壴 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 礻 (spirit) appears in many related characters such as 票 (piào, ticket), 社 (shè, (bound form) society), 禁 (jìn, to prohibit).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. joy

Etymology & Origin

禧

ideographicCelebrating 喜 good fortune 礻; 壴 also provides the pronunciation

Decomposition: ⿰礻喜 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
千禧一代qiān xǐ yī dàiGeneration Y
慈禧太后proper-nouncí xǐ tài hòuEmpress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
千禧年nounqiān xǐ niánthe first year of a millennium (esp. the year 2000)
延禧攻略yán xǐ gōng lüèStory of Yanxi Palace (2018 TV series)
新禧xīn xǐHappy New Year!
白崇禧bái chóng xǐBai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chian...
禧玛诺xǐ mǎ nuòShimano (brand)
恭贺新禧phrasegōng hè xīn xǐHappy New Year
慈禧proper-nouncí xǐEmpress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
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Total compounds
11
As first character
44
As last character
44
As middle character

禧 appears in 9 compound words: 11 as the first character, 44 as the last, and 44 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Idioms & Chengyu (2)

慈禧太后Cíxǐ Tàihòu

Alternative name for 慈禧 (Cíxǐ).

恭贺新禧gōnghèxīnxǐ

Happy New Year

phrase

Example Sentences

爱范儿Sep 2026

毕竟,大多数人每天真正要做的,并不是什么千禧年数学难题。

bì jìng , dà duō shǔ rén měi tiān zhēn zhèng yào zuò de , bìng bù shì shén me qiān xǐ nián shǔ xué nán tí .

After all, for most people, what they actually have to do every day isn’t some Millennium Math Problem.

爱范儿Sep 2026

分享一则冷知识:早在千禧年到来之前,苹果就已经用过“Duo”这个名字。

fēn xiǎng yī zé lěng zhī shí : zǎo zài qiān xǐ nián dào lái zhī qián , píng guǒ jiù yǐ jīng yòng guò D u o zhè gè míng zì .

Here’s a little-known fact: Apple had already used the name “Duo” long before the turn of the millennium.

爱范儿Jul 2026

而他的成果还牵着 Hodge 猜想,就是那七道百万美元千禧年难题之一。

ér tā de chéng guǒ hái qiān zhe H o d g e cāi xiǎng , jiù shì nà qī dào bǎi wàn měi yuán qiān xǐ nián nán tí zhī yī .

His work is also linked to the Hodge Conjecture, one of the seven million-dollar Millennium Prize Problems.

中国新闻网·体育Jun 2026

老一代球迷的看球时光,裹挟着浓郁的人间烟火,是专属于千禧年前后的集体青春仪式。

lǎo yī dài qiú mí de kàn qiú shí guāng , guǒ xié zhe nóng yù de rén jiān yān huǒ , shì zhuān shǔ yú qiān xǐ nián qián hòu de jí tǐ qīng chūn yí shì .

For the older generation of fans, watching games was steeped in the rich, everyday vibrancy of life—a collective rite of passage unique to those who came of age around the turn of the millennium.

中国新闻网·文化Jun 2026

除此之外,李振杰、郭家禧联合执导的小成本科幻悬疑片《UFO离奇命案》同样备受关注。

chú cǐ zhī wài , lǐ zhèn jié , guō jiā xǐ lián hé zhí dǎo de xiǎo chéng běn kē huàn xuán yí piàn U F O lí qí mìng àn tóng yàng bèi shòu guān zhù .

In addition, the low-budget sci-fi thriller *UFO: A Bizarre Murder Case*, co-directed by Li Zhenjie and Guo Jiaxi, has also attracted significant attention.

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 禧 (xǐ) mean in Chinese?
禧 (xǐ) primarily means "joy." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #3922 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 禧 have?
禧 is written with 16 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 禧?
The radical associated with 禧 is 礻 (spirit). This radical appears in many characters related to spirit.
What are the components of 禧?
禧 is composed of: 礻 (structural), 喜 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰礻喜 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 禧?
Common words with 禧 include: 千禧一代 (qiān xǐ yī dài, "Generation Y"); 慈禧太后 (cí xǐ tài hòu, "Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908"); 千禧年 (qiān xǐ nián, "the first year of a millennium (esp. the year 2000)"); 延禧攻略 (yán xǐ gōng lüè, "Story of Yanxi Palace (2018 TV series)"); 新禧 (xīn xǐ, "Happy New Year!"). There are over 9 compound words containing this character.
Is 禧 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 禧 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.