rejoice, take pleasure in
喜 centers on a feeling of joy and delight: rejoicing, being glad, or taking pleasure in something.
喜 combines 壴 (a drum) and 口 (mouth), suggesting the joy expressed through music and singing. The modern form preserves this drum-and-mouth structure.
The top 壴 looks like a drum on a stand, and the bottom 口 is a mouth. Picture a festival where people beat drums and sing with open mouths, rejoicing together.
For キ, imagine a key that unlocks happiness: key -> キ, and turning it fills the room with joy.
to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased; to rejoice
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations
delight; great joy
great joy; delight; jubilation
comedy
joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome; good; happy; glad; pleased
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure); feelings
wild joy; ecstasy
to delight; to please; to make (someone) happy; to give pleasure (to)
Engi era (901.7.15-923.4.11)
joys and sorrows
77th birthday
almsgiving
broadbanded thornyhead (Sebastolobus macrochir); broadfin thornyhead; kichiji rockfish
joy
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
premature joy; short-lived elation
slapstick comedy
slapstick comedy