慶

慶 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈X水 (IXE), four-corner 0024₇, composition ⿸⿸广⿻コ⿰丨丨⿱乛𢖻)

• 櫦, 羻, 𡂻, 𥽝, 𨯙, 𪮿, 𪷸, 𫑭, 𮆯

• KangXi: page 400, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11145
• Dae Jaweon: page 740, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 903, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6176

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 廌 (“legendary animal”) + 心 (“heart”).

慶

1. to celebrate; to congratulate

   慶祝／庆祝  ―  qìngzhù  ―  to celebrate

   慶豐收／庆丰收  ―  qìng fēngshōu  ―  to celebrate a bumper harvest

2. celebration

   國慶／国庆  ―  guóqìng  ―  national day

   校慶／校庆  ―  xiàoqìng  ―  anniversary of the founding of a school or college

3. fortuitous; auspicious
4. (literary) good fortune

   • 積善之家，必有餘慶；積不善之家，必有餘殃。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     积善之家，必有余庆；积不善之家，必有余殃。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Jīshàn zhī jiā, bì yǒu yúqìng; jī bùshàn zhī jiā, bì yǒu yúyāng. [Pinyin]

     The family that accumulates goodness is sure to have superabundant happiness, and the family that accumulates evil is sure to have superabundant misery.

5. (obsolete) virtue; benevolence

   • 一人有慶，兆民賴之，其寧惟永。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     一人有庆，兆民赖之，其宁惟永。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE

     Yīrén yǒu qìng, zhàomín lài zhī, qí níng wéi yǒng. [Pinyin]

     One man possesses goodness, the populace rely on that; peace shall be everlasting.

6. a surname

• “慶”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01424

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. jubilation

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: よい (yoi, 慶い); よろこぶ (yorokobu, 慶ぶ)

慶 (eumhun 경사 경 (gyeongsa gyeong))

1. Hanja form^? of 경 (“celebration”).

• 경사 (慶事, gyeongsa, “happy event; auspicious occasion”)
• 국경일 (國慶日, gukgyeong'il, “national holiday”)

慶: Hán Nôm readings: khánh, khương

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