HSK 1 · Feelings & thoughts

喜欢

xǐ huan

to like

Stroke order of 喜欢

2 characters, 18 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

喜 · 12 strokes欢 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

A drum and a singing mouth "喜" plus an open, yawning mouth "欠" of joy: to like.

Parts: 喜 joy (壴 drum + 口 mouth) + 欢 joyful (又 hand + 欠 open mouth)

Example sentence

我喜欢我的猫。

I like my cat.

Words with 欢

欢迎to welcome 欢乐joy; happy

More words: Feelings & thoughts

爱to love 想to want; to think; to miss 觉得to think; to feel 高兴happy; glad 生气angry; to get angry 笑to laugh; to smile 知道to know 记to remember; to note down 记得to remember 记住to remember; to memorize 忘to forget 忘记to forget

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