喜 xǐ
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 壴 drum 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
喜剧
xǐjù
comedy
Characters in this word
剧 jù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 居 to live, to reside 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我爱看喜剧。 Wǒ ài kàn xǐjù. I love watching comedies.
- 这部喜剧好笑。 Zhè bù xǐjù hǎoxiào. This comedy is funny.
- 喜剧让人开心。 Xǐjù ràng rén kāixīn. Comedy makes people happy.