The kanji 喜 means "joy," "pleasure," "delight," or "happiness." It represents a feeling of intense happiness and contentment. It is often used to describe positive emotions and experiences.

・On-yomi (音読み): キ (ki) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): よろこ.ぶ (yoroko.bu) - to be glad, to rejoice

⚫︎ 喜び Translation: joy; delight; pleasure; gratification ⚫︎ 喜んで Translation: gladly; willingly; with pleasure ⚫︎ お誕生日おめでとう！喜んでくれると嬉しいな。 Translation: Happy Birthday! I hope you like it.

The kanji 喜 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). The left side is 壴 (representing a drum stand) and the right side is 口 (mouth). The sound component 壴 (chu3 in Mandarin) contributes to the sound of キ (ki) and the semantic component 口 suggests the expression of joy, like laughing or speaking happily. The original meaning may have been related to the joy associated with music and celebration. Over time, it developed to generally represent the emotion of joy.