Where does “喜” come from?

喜 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 喜.

喜 (Japanese): joy, delight, pleasure

Definitions

  1. joy, delight, pleasure

Ancestry of “喜”, step by step

喜 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 喜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese喜—

via Classical Japanese 良し

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Japanese良し—
Every word from Middle Chinese 喜 →