喜

See also 憙, and 𠷸

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 壴 + 口 (“mouth”)

Han character

喜 (radical 30 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土口廿口 (GRTR), four-corner 4060₁, composition ⿱壴口)

1. like, love, enjoy
2. joyful thing

Descendants

• 禧, 譆, 瞦, 憙, 嘻, 囍, 嚭, 饎, 僖, 歖, 熹, 𢜳

References

• KangXi: page 199, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3957
• Dae Jaweon: page 420, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 649, character 2
• Unihan data for U+559C

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Cantonese

Hanzi

喜 (jyutping hei2, Yale hei2)

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Japanese

Kanji

喜 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: き (ki), し (shi)
• Kun: よろこぶ (yorokobu), よろこび (yorokobi)

Compounds

• 喜劇 (きげき, kigeki, “comedy”)
• 喜捨 (きしゃ, kisha)
• 悲喜 (ひき, hiki, “joys and sorrows”)

See also

• 㐂 (non-standard variant for this character)

Proper noun

喜 (hiragana よし, romaji Yoshi)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

喜 (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune-Reischauer hŭi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

喜 (pinyin hè (he4), xǐ (xi3), Wade-Giles ho⁴, hsi³)

Compounds

• 喜爱
• 喜报
• 喜出望外
• 喜好
• 喜欢、喜歡
• 喜剧、喜劇
• 喜怒无常、喜怒無常
• 喜气洋洋、喜氣洋洋
• 喜庆、喜慶
• 喜鹊
• 喜事
• 喜闻乐见、喜聞樂見
• 喜笑颜开、喜笑顏開
• 喜形于色、喜形於色
• 喜讯
• 喜洋洋
• 喜悦

See also

• 囍

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Vietnamese

Han character

喜 (hỉ, hỷ, hẻ, hởi)

Readings

• Nôm: hỉ(hỷ), hẻ, hơi, hởi

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999