Kanji of the day: 喜
喜 - Rejoice, take pleasure in
Kun: よろこ.ぶ、よろこ.ばす
On: キ
(Pinyin: xǐ | xi3 )
Ideographic: Depicts someone making merry with a drum 壴 and their mouth 口; drumming and making noise with their mouth; drumming and singing; partying
As far as I'm aware, 壴 is not used for drum in modern Japanese. Instead 鼓 is used, which you might notice uses the older 壴 as a component.
(喜 as it appeared in the Shuowen Jiezi, ~100 AD, with a slightly clearer drum + decoration on top of it)
(Example of a Chinese brass drum with decoration on top, supposedly from the Zhou dynasty, to further illustrate how 壴 is meant to picture a decorated drum)
Strokes: 12
Radical: 口 mouth













