开心 kāixīn Happy

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Traditional: 開心

Stroke order

开心 is written in 8 strokes across 2 characters.

开心 — the Chinese character for Happy (kāixīn), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 开心 — Happy

开 — 4 strokes
心 — 4 strokes

Senses

to feel happy
to rejoice
to have a great time
to make fun of sb

Characters in 开心

开 kāi — to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
心 xīn — heart; mind; intention

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

孩子们玩得很开心。Háizimen wán de hěn kāixīn.The children played happily.
今天是我的生日，我很开心。Jīntiān shì wǒ de shēngrì, wǒ hěn kāixīn.Today is my birthday and I am very happy.

Related words

开心 is pronounced kāixīn and means “Happy”.

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