Chinese Character 喜 Meanings and components.

Form

喜

Meaning

喜 meaning[3] in English

To Be Fond Of.

To Like.

To Enjoy.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 喜 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Zhu (壴) , and mouth (口)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with GRTR

How to write 喜

To write喜xi3to be … you should write a combination of 壴zhu4surname Zhu , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吕 shape:

壴 + 口 = 喜

喜 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 喜 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 喜, looks as follow:

喜
Pinyin:xi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Be Fond Of . To Like . To Enjoy . To Be Happy . To Feel Pleased . Happiness . Delight . Glad
壴
Pinyin:zhu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
豆
Pinyin:dou4
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 豆[Dou4]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 喜in English or Chinese