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

6 strokes
Radical:
child, seed
Parts:
character, letter, word, section of village
Kun:
あざあざな-な
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
485 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 字 【ジ】 character (esp. kanji), letter, written text, handwriting, penmanship, the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
  • 字形 【ジケイ】 character style, character form
  • 題字 【ダイジ】 title lettering
  • 英字 【エイジ】 English letter, alphabetic character

Kun reading compounds

  • 字 【あざ】 section of village
  • 字 【あざな】 Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations), nickname, section of a village
  • 大字 【おおあざ】 larger section (of village)
  • 小字 【こあざ】 small administrative unit (of a village)
  • 字 【あざな】 Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations), nickname, section of a village

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi4
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • carácter
  • letra
  • palabra

Portuguese

  • caracter
  • letra
  • palavra
  • seção de aldeia

French

  • caractère
  • lettre
  • mot
  • hameau
86 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
78 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
28 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
612 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1281 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
121 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
156 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
110 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
110 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
528 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
457 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2696 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1374 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1860 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
188 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6942 Morohashi
2172 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1285 New Nelson (John Haig)
185 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
197 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
57 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
747 2001 Kanji
3m2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
2-3-2 SKIP code
3040.7 Four corner code
1-27-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b57 Unicode hex code