The kanji 喜: meaning, readings and stroke order
喜
- Meaning
- be glad, joy
- On reading
- キ ki
- Kun reading
- よろこ(ぶ) yorokobu、よろこ(ばしい) yorokobashii
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 口 mouth, opening
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- vui mừng (hỷ)
- Japanese
- よろこぶ。うれしい。
- Korean
- 기뻐하다, 기쁨 (희)
- Chinese
- 高兴、喜悦
Readings, words and example sentences
キ ki · on reading · less common
悲喜
sadness and joy
悲喜こもごもの 一日でした。
It was a day full of both sad and happy moments.
よろこ(ぶ) yorokobu · kun reading
喜ぶ
to be glad, to be happy
合格して みんなが 喜びました。
I passed, and everyone was happy.
よろこ(ばしい) yorokobashii · kun reading · less common
喜ばしい
happy, joyful
とても 喜ばしい 知らせです。
This is very happy news.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.