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How to write 喜 (xǐ, “to be fond of”)

喜 (xǐ), an HSK 1 character, means “to be fond of”, “to like” and “to enjoy”. It is a character whose parts combine into its meaning. Among the HSK words it appears in 喜欢 (“to like”), 喜爱 (“to like”) and 惊喜 (“nice surprise”). Japanese reads it yoroko-basu, “rejoice”, as a JLPT N3 kanji.

Pinyin
xǐ
Strokes
12
HSK
1
Radical
口 (“mouth”)

Stroke by stroke

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  5. 5
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  12. 12

As a top-bottom character it splits into 壴 (“drum”), strokes 1–9; 口 (“mouth”, the radical), strokes 10–12, written the top first.

  1. Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
  2. Vertical ㇑topdownwards
  3. Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
  4. Vertical ㇑leftdown and right
  5. Horizontal-turn ㇕leftrightwards → down and left
  6. Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
  7. Dot ㇔leftdown and right
  8. Left-falling stroke ㇒centerdown and right → down and left
  9. Horizontal ㇐bottom leftrightwards
  10. Vertical ㇑bottom leftdownwards
  11. Horizontal-turn ㇕bottom leftrightwards → down and left
  12. Horizontal ㇐bottomrightwards

Names of the strokes

Japanese and Chinese

Japanese and Chinese draw all 12 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.

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Japanese · KanjiVG · 12 strokes
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Chinese · Make Me a Hanzi · 12 strokes

Where 喜 comes from

Singing 口 and beating drums 壴

Trace it

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Pinyin and meaning

PinyinMeaningsTraditionalIn words
xǐ
third tone		to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased—喜欢 喜爱 惊喜 恭喜
HSK 2025 syllabus
level 1
2021 standard
level 1
HSK 2.0
in a level 1 word
Words with it
113 in CC-CEDICT

Words with 喜

WordPinyinMeaning
喜欢 喜歡xǐhuanto like; to be fond of HSK 1
喜爱 喜愛xǐ’àito like; to love HSK 3
惊喜 驚喜jīngxǐnice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised HSK 5
恭喜gōngxǐto congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 5
喜事xǐshìhappy occasion; wedding HSK 6
喜剧 喜劇xǐjùa comedy HSK 6
喜好xǐhàoto like; fond of HSK 7-9
喜酒xǐjiǔwedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast HSK 7-9
喜出望外xǐchūwàngwàito be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom); overjoyed at the… HSK 7-9
喜糖xǐtángsweet given on a happy occasion HSK 7-9

HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).

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