The Chinese Radical: 喜


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to be happy, glad    喜

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to be happy, to like, to enjoy, glad

From top: scholar , beans , mouth . (This character has also been simplified to )
A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy.
JLPT HSK 6
lucky, giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

Top: scholar , below: mouth (This character is a simplification of happy , where the scholar has beans in the mouth and is happy)
The scholar's mouth wishes good luck.
JLPT no HSK
laugh, giggle

Left: mouth , right: to be happy (A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy.)
When the mouth is happy, it is laughing.
JLPT no HSK
virtuous, admirable, esteemed, restrain

Top variation of: be happy, enjoy (A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy.), right: lack , heart
Who is happy without a lack of heart, is: virtuous.
JLPT no HSK
joy

Left: to show 礻(= altar with sth. on ), right: to be happy, enjoy (A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy)
Show with happiness your: joy.
JLPT no HSK
amusement

Left: woman , right: to be happy, enjoy (A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy.)
Women are happy with amusement.
JLPT no HSK
dim light, glimmer, warm, bright

Top: to be happy, enjoy (A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy.), bottom: fire
You are happy when it becomes warm like a fire: with warm and bright light at dawn.

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.




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