喜 xǐ — to like, to be fond of; joy, delight; a happy event, especially a wedding
xǐ (third tone, dipping)
to like, to be fond of; joy, delight; a happy event, especially a wedding
12 strokesRadical 口Frequency #505
Pinyin
- xǐ (third tone, dipping)
to like, to be fond of; joy, delight; a happy event, especially a wedding
Character breakdown
Ideographic description
⿱壴口The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.
- 壴meaning partno entry yetA drum standing on its base, with the ornament on top: the instrument of every celebration.
- 口meaning partA mouth: singing, laughing, or shouting along with the drum.
Mnemonic
A drum 壴 with a mouth 口 under it: drumming and singing together, which is what delight looked like. 喜欢 is the everyday verb "to like", 恭喜 is congratulations, and the doubled 囍 pasted on windows at a wedding is this same character written twice — "double happiness".
A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.
Words containing 喜
Radical 口 — other characters
- 口kǒu (third tone, dipping)mouth; an opening or entrance; measure word for members of a household
- 问問wèn (fourth tone, falling)to ask, to inquire; to ask after, to send regards; to question, to interrogate
- 名míng (second tone, rising)name; given name; reputation, famous; measure word for people counted by rank or role
- 吃chī (first tone, high and level)to eat; to take (a meal, medicine); to absorb, to take in
- 喝hē (first tone, high and level) hè (fourth tone, falling)to drink; (hè) to shout loudly, to call out