<p>The character is<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%9B%8D#Chinese" rel="nofollow noreferrer">「囍」</a>, which means <em>double happiness</em> (2×「喜」). The script is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script_(East_Asia)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">cursive</a>, so it may be a bit hard to recognise.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/NSOTA.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/NSOTA.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>You can either read it as <strong>xǐ</strong> or <strong>shuāngxǐ</strong> (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%9B%99%E5%96%9C#Chinese" rel="nofollow noreferrer">雙喜</a>).</p>

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<p>BTW, Pleco's handwriting recognition tool turns it up as the first result, even with messy handwriting.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/BC3DX.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/BC3DX.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2018-06-19T07:46:46.167Z
great! I just installed Pleco and found the same character... I'm just surprised that the stroke count doesn't seem to match exactly? In the "middle row" I only see one stroke under the square (mouth?), whereas in 囍 , there are two. Is that a consequence of the cursive script? It made my searching harder...
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@martinjakubik stroke counts are one of several indexing tools, and generally don't reflect fluent writing habits which on average lie somewhere between Regular and Cursive. I wrote the character in about 4 strokes in my search.
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dROOOze
<p>If you google "Chinese wedding" and go to Images, you will see this double happiness character on the tapestry at the ancestral worship table (where the happy couple will present tea to the ancestors).  It can also go on almost everything else at a wedding.</p>

<p>It is one of the easiest to do in Chinese paper cutting as it's angular and symmetrical. Have a look at this video if you're interested (it's only 2:22 long):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9ZcPQV7ds" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9ZcPQV7ds</a>. Don't forget: you need to use red paper, as red is the auspicious colour.</p>

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<p>I have tried to find the characters in this sign in order to translate them but with no luck for the 2nd character.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/QYrhH.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/QYrhH.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>This restaurant's French name is "Le bonheur" which in English is roughly "Happiness". I'm just curious if the Chinese characters translate to "happiness" and if so, is there any nuance.</p>

<ol>
<li>Can anyone find the Chinese characters (specifically the second)?</li>
<li>Can anyone translate?</li>
<li>Is there a robust general way for
searching for characters? (I've tried some OCR, stroke matching and
searching by radical, but I have not found the second character).</li>
</ol>

<p>thanks.</p>

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2018-06-19T13:58:46.200Z
The unicode character 囍 is combine by two 喜-s, but the calligraphic or script version has only one combined 䒑 component in center, that means two 吉-s above and one 䒑 (not two) in center and two 口-s bottom, while the single character 喜 is combined with on 吉, one 䒑 and one 口.
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@賈可Jacky thanks! That was the main thing tripping me up but I wasn't sure how to express the question.
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Translate the characters in this sign
# Translate the characters in this sign

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-19)

I have tried to find the characters in this sign in order to translate them but with no luck for the 2nd character.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/QYrhH.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/QYrhH.jpg)

This restaurant's French name is "Le bonheur" which in English is roughly "Happiness". I'm just curious if the Chinese characters translate to "happiness" and if so, is there any nuance.

1. Can anyone find the Chinese characters (specifically the second)?
2. Can anyone translate?
3. Is there a robust general way for
   searching for characters? (I've tried some OCR, stroke matching and
   searching by radical, but I have not found the second character).

thanks.

**Tags:** character-identification

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The unicode character 囍 is combine by two 喜-s, but the calligraphic or script version has only one combined 䒑 component in center, that means two 吉-s above and one 䒑 (not two) in center and two 口-s bottom, while the single character 喜 is combined with on 吉, one 䒑 and one 口.  
> **username_0**: @賈可Jacky thanks! That was the main thing tripping me up but I wasn't sure how to express the question.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-06-19. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The character is[「囍」](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%9B%8D#Chinese), which means *double happiness* (2×「喜」). The script is [cursive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script_(East_Asia)), so it may be a bit hard to recognise.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/NSOTA.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/NSOTA.png)

You can either read it as **xǐ** or **shuāngxǐ** ([雙喜](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%9B%99%E5%96%9C#Chinese)).

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BTW, Pleco's handwriting recognition tool turns it up as the first result, even with messy handwriting.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/BC3DX.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/BC3DX.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: great! I just installed Pleco and found the same character... I'm just surprised that the stroke count doesn't seem to match exactly? In the "middle row" I only see one stroke under the square (mouth?), whereas in 囍 , there are two. Is that a consequence of the cursive script? It made my searching harder...  
> **username_2**: @username_0 stroke counts are one of several indexing tools, and generally don't reflect fluent writing habits which on average lie somewhere between Regular and Cursive. I wrote the character in about 4 strokes in my search.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-06-14. Score: 0

If you google "Chinese wedding" and go to Images, you will see this double happiness character on the tapestry at the ancestral worship table (where the happy couple will present tea to the ancestors). It can also go on almost everything else at a wedding.

It is one of the easiest to do in Chinese paper cutting as it's angular and symmetrical. Have a look at this video if you're interested (it's only 2:22 long): <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9ZcPQV7ds>. Don't forget: you need to use red paper, as red is the auspicious colour.


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