喜闻乐见 (xǐ wén lè jiàn)

Character breakdown

• 喜 (xǐ) · 12 strokes

  Depicts making a joyful noise with a drum (壴) and one's mouth (口).

• 闻 (Wén) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 门 represents the sound. Simplified form of 聞.

• 乐 (Lè) · 5 strokes

  Pictograph of an ancient wooden stringed musical instrument. The simplified character 乐 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 樂.

• 见 (jiàn) · 4 strokes

  Simplified form of 見. Pictograph of a person (儿) using their eye (目) to see (見).

Usage

这种表演形式深受群众喜闻乐见。

to love to hear and see (idiom); well received; to one's liking

zhè zhǒng biǎo yǎn xíng shì shēn shòu qún zhòng xǐ wén lè jiàn 。