囍

xǐ
noun #72,808

Meanings

  1. 1 the double-happiness symbol, a sign of good luck especially in marriage

Examples

HSK 7-9
Hūnfáng mén shàng tiē zhe dà hóng xǐ zì.
A big red double-happiness sign was pasted on the wedding door.
HSK 7-9
Xǐtáng hé shàng yìn zhe xǐ.
The wedding candy box was printed with the double-happiness symbol.

Tips

culture
Two 喜 ('joy') side by side, read once as 囍 or spoken as 双喜 ('double happiness'). It is cut from red paper and pasted everywhere at Chinese weddings to wish the couple shared joy.

Components

semantic
喜 xǐ
joy; happiness
Left 喜 ('joy') is the first of a doubled pair; reduplicating it expresses joy shared by two people, the marrying couple.
semantic
喜 xǐ
joy; happiness
Right 喜 mirrors the left one exactly. The symmetry is the whole point: a single, unsplittable wish for double joy, used only as a decorative wedding glyph.

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Stroke Order

囍 xǐ