喜悦
xǐyuè · HSK 7
happy
😊 喜悦 = 喜 joy + 悦 pleased; two happy words stacked into pure delight
喜 — drum 壴 (top) + mouth 口 (bottom)
Originally a pictograph showing a drum (壴) above a mouth (口), depicting people singing or shouting joyfully alongside drumming at a celebration. The combination conveyed festive happiness, and the character came to mean 'joy' or 'to like.' The drum element 壴 itself depicts a drum on a stand.