xǐ
like, happy
Depicts making a joyful noise with a drum (喜) and one's mouth (口).
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
xǐ
like, love, enjoy; joyful thing; to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
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