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喜 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
キき · ki
Kun
よろこ(ぶ)yoroko(bu)
Meaning
to rejoice; be glad; delight

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

壴 "drum" over 口 "mouth"; beating a drum and raising the voice in celebration — "to rejoice."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキきki喜劇きげき悲喜ひき歓喜かんき
Kunよろこぶyorokobu喜ぶよろこぶ喜びよろこび喜ばしいよろこばしい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 喜劇きげき

    comedy

  • 大喜びおおよろこび

    great joy

More words with this kanji

  • 欣喜きんき
  • 糠喜びぬかよろこび
  • 歓喜かんき
  • 喜悦きえつ
  • 懽喜かんき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

母(はは)は手紙(てがみ)を読(よ)んで喜(よろこ)んだ。

My mother was delighted when she read the letter.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

喜劇大喜び喜劇drama大big史histor…可possib…句phrase告to tel…営to run紀chroni…規standa…基founda…寄to dra…几small…
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Compound

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