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喜 = 壴 + 口

喜 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “rejoice”. It is built from 壴 (drum) and 口 (mouth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1553. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
rejoice
RTK frame
1553
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
よろこ.ぶ, よろこ.ばす
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
радоваться
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
喜 like

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 壴 drum
  2. 口 mouth

Characters that contain 喜

How to find 喜 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “drum” + “mouth”. 喜 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 喜 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.