Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
rejoice, take pleasure in
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
769 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 喜劇 【キゲキ】 comedy
  • 喜寿 【キジュ】 77th birthday
  • 歓喜 【カンキ】 delight, great joy
  • 悲喜 【ヒキ】 joys and sorrows

Kun reading compounds

  • 喜ぶ 【よろこぶ】 to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to rejoice, to congratulate, to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.), to take kindly to, to do with pleasure, to do gladly, to be happy (to do)
  • 喜ばす 【よろこばす】 to delight, to please, to make (someone) happy, to give pleasure (to)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 きゅ、 のぶ、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi3
Korean:
heui

Spanish

  • alegría
  • júbilo
  • divertirse

Portuguese

  • Alegrar-se
  • ter prazer em

French

  • se réjouir
  • prendre plaisir à
370 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
473 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
450 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
770 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1115 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
564 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
416 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1709 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1143 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1196 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
294 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2889 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1488 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2008 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1457 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3957 Morohashi
2308 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
858 New Nelson (John Haig)
1445 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1553 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
582 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3p9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
4060.1 Four corner code
1-20-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
559c Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 撰 【セン】 anthology (of poetry, etc.), compilation, collection, selection
  • 選集 【センシュウ】 selection (e.g. of poems, texts), anthology, selected extracts
  • 特選 【トクセン】 special selection, special approval, special prize, highest honours
  • 百選 【ヒャクセン】 top hundred, hundred best

Kun reading compounds

  • 撰する 【せんする】 to write (prose, etc.), to compile (an anthology)
  • 選ぶ 【えらぶ】 to choose, to select

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuan4
Korean:
chan, cheon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1996 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
911 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
672 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12753X Morohashi
2277 New Nelson (John Haig)
2253 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2357 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1361 2001 Kanji
3c12.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
5708.1 Four corner code
1-32-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
64b0 Unicode hex code