喜悦
xǐ​yuè HSK7

joyous

喜 xǐ like, happy

Depicts making a joyful noise with a drum (壴) and one's mouth (口).

Components

壴
壴 Iconic component
zhù drum
口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Western Zhou 1045-771 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

禧嘻嬉熹僖蟢

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

禧嘻僖

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxiXqʰ(r)əʔ joy; rejoice

說文解字

《說文》：“喜，樂也。从壴，从口。歖，古文喜从欠，與歡同。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

悦 yuè pleased Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 悅.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

兑
兑 Sound component
duì, ruì, duó exchange

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodeiuɛt

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

悅 yuè pleased Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

兌
兌 Sound component
exchange

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywetlotpleased
Zhengzhanglod
lod

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica