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喜

喜 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

指事。「壴」（｛鼓｝の初文） + 羨符「口」。「よろこぶ」を意味する漢語｛喜｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

rejoice, take pleasure in

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キElem.
Kun (native)
  • よろこ(ぶ)Elem.
  • よろこ(ばす)
Nanori (used in names)
  • あき
  • きゅ
  • のぶ
  • ゆき
  • よし
Other languages
  • 拼音xi3
  • 한글heui
  • Hán-ViệtHỉ
  • Hán-ViệtHí

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+559C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱壴口

Words using this kanji

  • 喜びよろこび「よろこび」を参照。joy, delight, rapture, pleasure
  • 喜んでよろこんでwith pleasure, gladly, willingly, certainly
  • 喜劇きげき滑稽味や機知・風刺などを交え、人を笑わせながら人生を肯定的に描く演劇。 思わず笑うような滑稽な出来事。comedy
  • 喜ぶよろこぶよろこぶ 参照to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to rejoice
  • 喜ばすよろこばすto delight, to please, to make (someone) happy, to give pleasure (to)
  • 喜ばしいよろこばしいjoyful (news, event, etc.), joyous, delightful (e.g. result), pleasing (e.g. sight)
  • 喜怒哀楽きどあいらく人間が持っている基本的な4つの感情。喜び、怒り、哀しみ、楽しみ。 上記を含む、人間のさまざまな感情。human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure), feelings
  • 喜寿きじゅ数え年77歳のこと。また、数え年77歳の祝い。77th birthday
  • 喜望峰きぼうほう南アフリカ共和国の南部、ケープタウン近郊にある岬。Cape of Good Hope
  • 喜悦きえつ心から喜ぶこと。joy
  • 喜捨きしゃ自ら進んで寺社に金品を寄進すること。 貧しい人達に金品を施すこと。almsgiving
  • 喜色きしょく嬉しそうな顔の表情。cheerful expression, pleased look, joyful look
  • 喜怒きど喜びと怒り。人の感情。joy and anger, human emotions
  • 喜雨きう日照りが続けた後に降る恵みの雨。慈雨。friendly shower, welcome rain, rain that comes after a drought
  • 喜の字きのじ77th birthday
  • 喜歌劇きかげき喜劇的な歌劇。 オペレッタ。comic opera, operetta
  • 喜知次きちじbroadbanded thornyhead (Sebastolobus macrochir), broadfin thornyhead, kichiji rockfish
  • 喜劇的きげきてき滑稽なさま。comical, farcical
  • 喜び勇むよろこびいさむto be in high spirits
  • 喜び歌うよろこびうたうto rejoice and sing

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-9
Four Corner
4060.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3p9.1
Heisig
1553
Nelson
1115