Chinese symbol for “happily”
乐呵呵
lè hē hē
Traditional: 樂呵呵
happily; giddily
The closest CC-CEDICT match for happily is 乐呵呵 (lè hē hē), defined as: happily; giddily.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “happily”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欢欢喜喜 (歡歡喜喜) | huān huān xǐ xǐ | happily |
| 喜喜欢欢 (喜喜歡歡) | xǐ xǐ huān huān | happily |
| 畅然 (暢然) | chàng rán | happily; in high spirits |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乐呵呵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 音乐 (音樂) | yīn yuè | music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn) |
| 快乐 (快樂) | kuài lè | happy; joyful |
| 娱乐 (娛樂) | yú lè | to entertain; to amuse |
| 俱乐部 (俱樂部) | jù lè bù | (loanword) club (the organization or its premises) |
| 乐团 (樂團) | yuè tuán | band; orchestra |
| 乐观 (樂觀) | lè guān | optimistic; hopeful |
| 呵呵 | hē hē | (onom.) gentle laughter; chuckle |
| 呵护 (呵護) | hē hù | to bless; to cherish |
| 呵斥 | hē chì | to berate; to excoriate; to chide |
See also: Japanese symbol for “happily”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.