Translingual

      Etymology

      Japanese variant of , by writing 喜 in cursive (grass script), and then going back from cursive to print, regularizing the form, in this case as three copies of , arranged as in .

      Han character

      (radical 1 +5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 心心心 (PPP), composition⿰七七)

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      Japanese

      Kanji

      (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

      1. (Non-standard variant of ) to like, love, enjoy
      2. a joyful thing

      Readings

      See also

      • 喜寿

      Korean

      Hanja


      Eumhun:

      • Sound (hangeul): ,  (revised: chil, hui, McCune-Reischauer: ch'il, hŭi, Yale: chil, huy)
      • Name (hangeul): 기쁘다 (revised: gippeuda, McCune-Reischauer: kippŭda, Yale: kipputa)

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