喜 Kanji – rejoice
The Japanese kanji 喜 can mean rejoice, take pleasure in.
Meaning and Readings
How is 喜 read?
喜 has the onyomi reading キ and the kunyomi readings よろこぶ, よろこばす.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ki, yorokobu, yorokobasu.
Common Japanese Words Using 喜
These common Japanese words contain 喜. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 一喜一憂（いっきいちゆう） — alternating between happiness and anxiety, swinging between joy and sorrow, being glad and sad by turns, oscillating between optimism and pessimism
- 歓喜（かんき） — delight, great joy
- 喜ぶ（よろこぶ） — to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to rejoice
- 喜んで（よろこんで） — with pleasure, gladly, willingly, certainly
- 喜劇（きげき） — comedy
- 喜寿（きじゅ） — 77th birthday
- 喜怒哀楽（きどあいらく） — human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure), feelings
- 大喜び（おおよろこび） — great joy, delight, jubilation
- 喜び（よろこび） — joy, delight, rapture, pleasure, gratification, rejoicing, congratulations, felicitations
- 喜ばす（よろこばす） — to delight, to please, to make (someone) happy, to give pleasure (to)