mirthful

A happy  sound  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
SoundMeaning component
like, happy

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰɯ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica