mirthful

A happy  sound  also provides the pronunciation

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

喜 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

like, happy

Evolution

嘻 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

mirthful, happy; interjection; laugh; giggle; (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc)

() 

(interjection expressing surprise, grief etc); variant of [xī]

Most common words with 嘻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

laugh

嘻嘻

hee hee

笑嘻嘻

grinning

嘻皮笑脸

all smiles