喜

xǐ = xi + Ø3

to be fond of / to like / to enjoy / to be happy / to feel pleased / happiness / delight / glad

喜 = 壴 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: 喜宴, wedding banquet.

Marie Curie is overjoyed to announce her marriage in the space station. She improvised a wedding banquet with nothing but mandarins and notifies everyone by beating a large drum very quickly with two mandarins.

喜 character breakdown

喜
- 口
- 壴
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 豆
    - 䒑
      - 一
      - 丷
    - 𠮛
      - 一
      - 口

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

壴

zhù = zhu + Ø4

surname Zhu

壴

zhù = zhu + Ø4

(archaic) drum

壴 = 十 + 豆 : Julian Giant Squid is making some experimental beat music in the space station's bathroom. He's beating a huge 壴-type drum with a cross and a can of beans.

Characters with 喜 as component

嬉

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

amusement

禧

xǐ = xi + Ø3

joy

禧 = 礻 + 喜 : Marie Curie (xi) has the honor to enjoy a wedding banquet (喜) in the space station (Ø3). To not be carried away by the joy (禧) she wears a monk's cowl (礻).

熹

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

bright / warm

僖

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

surname Xi

僖

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

cautious / merry / joyful

嘻

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

laugh / giggle / (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc)

嘻 = 口 + 喜 : Marie Curie (xi) brought a mandarin (口) for the wedding banquet (喜) in front of the space station (Ø1) and laughs happily (嘻) as she adds the mandarin to the buffet. Later that day she will perform a hip-hop (嘻哈) performance for the groom and the bride.

嘻

譆

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

(interjection expressing surprise, grief etc) / variant of 嘻[xi1]