喜 — Chinese character
喜
xǐ
to love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful, glad
- Pinyin
- xǐ
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 壴 口
- Formation
- ideographic — Singing 口 and beating drums 壴
- Japanese
- 喜 as a kanji
Common words with 喜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喜欢 (喜歡) | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased |
| 喜爱 (喜愛) | xǐ ài | to like; to love |
| 惊喜 (驚喜) | jīng xǐ | nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised |
| 恭喜 | gōng xǐ | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! |
| 喜剧 (喜劇) | xǐ jù | a comedy; measure word: 部 (bù), 出 (chū) |
| 喜悦 (喜悅) | xǐ yuè | happy; joyous |
| 喜好 | xǐ hào | to like; fond of |
| 欣喜 | xīn xǐ | happy |
| 欢喜 (歡喜) | huān xǐ | happy; joyous |
| 可喜 | kě xǐ | making one happy; gratifying |
| 喜庆 (喜慶) | xǐ qìng | jubilation; festive |
| 大喜 | dà xǐ | exultation |
English words written with 喜
喜 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 5 · Art of War 2 · I Ching 4 · Mencius 13 · Zhuangzi 38 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Analects 4.21
- Analects 5.6
- Analects 5.18
- Analects 16.13
- Analects 19.19
- Art of War 9.11
- Art of War 12.20
- Hexagram 12
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.