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嬉
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enjoy

HSK 7 N1
Human →Relations →Family
xī
キ
うれ.しい、たの.しむ
희
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 喜 represents the sound.
Components
女 woman+ 喜 joyful =
嬉 enjoy
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
喜 Phonetic component
xǐ joyful
like, love, enjoy
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Notes
Similar Characters
佞 glib囡 one's daughter奶 milk奸 crafty她 she奼 colorful (trad)好 good妁 act as go-between妄 absurd妆 adorn (simp)妈 mama (simp)妊 conceive妍 seductive妒 jealous of妓 prostitute妖 bewitching妗 wife of mother's brother妙 wonderful妝 put on makeup (trad)妞 girl
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
嬉
Regular
Modern
Chinese
嬉 [xī]
amusement
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
嬉 ういの
Uino female given name
嬉 うれし
Ureshi female given namesurnameplace name
CHINESE WORDS (14)
嬉戏 [xī​xì] #15,793
to frolic
嬉戏 [xī​xì] #15,793
to frolic
嬉皮士 [xī​pí​shì] #9,884
hippie (loanword)
嬉笑 [xī​xiào] #35,342
to be laughing and playing
嬉皮笑脸 [xī​pí​xiào​liǎn] #35,591
all smiles
嬉皮笑脸 [xī​pí​xiào​liǎn] #35,591
all smiles
嬉笑怒骂 [xī​xiào​nù​mà] #54,904
lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom)
嬉笑怒骂 [xī​xiào​nù​mà] #54,904
lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom)
嬉游 [xī​yóu] #60,425
to amuse oneself
嬉游 [xī​yóu] #60,425
to amuse oneself
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JAPANESE WORDS (14)
⭐ 嬉しい [うれしい] #1,300
happy
嬉々 [きき] #10,325
merry
嬉し涙 [うれしなみだ] #44,537
happy tears
嬉しげ [うれしげ] #45,896
seeming happy
嬉し泣き [うれしなき] #51,528
weeping for joy
嬉しいことに [うれしいことに] #54,699
to one's delight
うれしい悲鳴 [うれしいひめい] #58,943
shriek of delight
嬉戯 [きぎ] #137,350
frisking
嬉ション [うれション] #142,906
(accidentally) peeing out of excitement
嬉遊曲 [きゆうきょく] #267,291
divertimento
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