喜欢 (xǐ huan)

Character breakdown

• 喜 (xǐ) · 12 strokes

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

• 欢 (huān) · 6 strokes

  Simplified form of 歡. Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound. 欠 (yawn) is a pictograph of a person with an open mouth, used here to represent a person joyfully lau…

Example sentences

1. 我喜欢你。 — I like you.
2. 你喜欢吗？ — Do you like it?
3. 他喜欢茶。 — He likes tea.
4. 爱喜欢爱。 — Love loves love.
5. 我喜欢花。 — I like flowers.

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