like, happy

Depicts making a joyful noise with a drum () and one's mouth ().

Components
壴 iconic component

  Iconic component

zhù

  

drum

口 iconic component

  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

喜 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
喜 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
喜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
喜 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
喜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

like, love, enjoy; joyful thing; to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad

Most common words with 喜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

喜欢

to like

to like

恭喜

greetings

惊喜

nice surprise

喜爱

to like

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 5 characters (0 verified)