喜

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to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Singing 口 and beating drums 壴

Components 壴口

joyful · Heisig RSH #1135

drum + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
喜欢	xǐ huan	to like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased; to tend to
红白喜事	hóng bái xǐ shì	weddings and funerals
喜德县	Xǐ dé Xiàn	Xide, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州\|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 …
喜马拉雅山	Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ shān	Himalayas
喜马拉雅	Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ	the Himalayas
喜子	xǐ zi	variant of 蟢子[xi3 zi5]
喜人	xǐ rén	pleasing; gratifying
大喜	dà xǐ	exultation
雀儿喜	Què ér xǐ	(Tw) (name) Chelsea
喜结连理	xǐ jié lián lǐ	to tie the knot (idiom); to get married
有喜	yǒu xǐ	to be expecting; to be with child
喜气	xǐ qì	hilarity; cheerful atmosphere
喜马拉雅山脉	Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ shān mài	Himalayas
喜不自胜	xǐ bù zì shèng	unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
喜出望外	xǐ chū wàng wài	to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom); overjoyed at the turn of events
喜力	Xǐ lì	Heineken (Dutch brewing company); see also 海尼根[Hai3 ni2 gen1]
喜事	xǐ shì	happy occasion; wedding
道喜	dào xǐ	to congratulate
大喜过望	dà xǐ guò wàng	overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
喜车	xǐ chē	wedding car; carriage for collecting the bride

These characters use 喜 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
喜 sound part	xǐ	to love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful, glad
嬉	xī	to enjoy; to play, to amuse oneself
熹	xī	dim light, a glimmer; warm; bright
蟢	xǐ	spider; caulking