嘻哈 xīhā hip-hop Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 嘻 xī mirthful A happy 喜 sound 口; 喜 also provides the pronunciation Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 喜 喜 SoundMeaning component xǐ like, happy Character Evolution Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangqʰɯ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang Historical images Academia Sinica 哈 hā sound of laughter Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 合 合 Sound component hé to join Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangŋɡuːb Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang