喜 rejoice

士 (samurai radical) + 豆 (bean) + 口 (mouth/small box radical)
★★★★★
12 strokes
ILL PAIR

Onyomi

KI

Mnemonic

The only way to make a mean gruff old samurai really rejoice is to just KEEP on keep on keep on feeding him beans all night, right in his mouth! BEEEAAANS.

Kunyomi

( が or に or で ) よろこ*ぶ to make someone become glad or happy - generally said about people other than yourself.
★★★★★
よろこ*び happiness
★★★☆☆

Jukugo

喜劇(きげき)

comedy ★☆☆☆☆
喜 (rejoice) + 劇 (play) = 喜劇 (comedy)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
豊 plentiful SONG 曲
喜 rejoice SAMRUAI 士

SONGS ( 曲 ) are plentiful, so the SAMURAI rejoices.

Meaning Hint Radical
嬉 stoked WOMAN 女
喜 rejoice NO WOMAN

After our breakup, that WOMAN is stoked,

but I rejoice the most because now I have NO WOMAN!

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