The kanji 喜 generally conveys the feeling of "joy," "happiness," "pleasure," or "delight." It represents a state of being happy or experiencing positive emotions.

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

⚫︎ 喜び Translation: joy, happiness ⚫︎ 喜んで Translation: gladly, willingly ⚫︎ 喜劇 Translation: comedy

This section is omitted as no information is available about the correspondence with Vietnamese.

The kanji 喜 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, *keisei moji*). The upper part represents the mouth 口 (kuchi, mouth), suggesting sound or speech, and the lower part is 壴 (ko), which is an ancient musical instrument or a symbol of drumming. The combination of these components likely originally implied a joyful sound or celebration, hence the meaning of happiness. Over time, the character evolved to more broadly represent joy and pleasure.