U+79A7 "禧" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
禧
U+79A7 "禧" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes happiness, joy, or blessing, often specifically linked to auspiciousness and festive occasions. Composed of the radical 示 (shì, meaning "altar" or "spirit") and the phonetic component 喜 (xǐ, meaning "joy" or "delight"), it conveys a sense of divine favor or celebratory good fortune. This character is commonly found in traditional couplets and greetings, such as the phrase "恭禧發財" (gōng xǐ fā cái), meaning "congratulations and may you prosper," and is especially prevalent during Lunar New Year and wedding celebrations. Its semantic richness ties it to cultural expressions of well being and ritual significance in East Asian contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+79A7 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 禧 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 禧 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xA6 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x79A7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000079A7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u79a7 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C148 |
| kCCCII | 214E7A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7452 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7452 |
| kCangjie | IFGRR |
| kCantonese | hei1 |
| kCihaiT | 984.503 |
| kCowles | 1024 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1267.200 |
| kDefinition | happiness; congratulations |
| kEACC | 214E7A |
| kFanqie | 許其 |
| kFenn | 739E |
| kFennIndex | 162.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3426.5 |
| kGB0 | 7691 |
| kGB1 | 7691 |
| kHangul | 희:0N |
| kHanYu | 42408.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42408.080:xǐ,xī |
| kHKGlyph | 2884 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1267.200 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42408.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0846.300 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6C7B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C148 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6336 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F6AF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7D7B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7452 |
| kJapanese | キ さいわい |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:6186 |
| kJapaneseKun | SAIWAI |
| kJapaneseOn | KI |
| kJis0 | 6722 |
| kKangXi | 0846.300 |
| kKarlgren | 129 |
| kKorean | HUY |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4406 |
| kMandarin | xǐ |
| kMatthews | 2440 |
| kMeyerWempe | 692 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ018945 MJ018945:E0102 MJ018944:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 24828 24828:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 455 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5897+113.5.12 V+20183+113.4.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 113.12 |
| kSBGY | 062.30 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 481.16 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xǐ,xī粵hei1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4406 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 394.200:xǐ |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 257:302 |
| kXHC1983 | 1234.010:xǐ |