The best way to write good-looking xi characters in running script is to have long fonts; long and horizontal main strokes; and equal spacing both horizontally and vertically.
When ancient calligraphers wrote the word "happiness", they often put two points across the horizontal stroke. The two points of the current standard characters are above the long horizontal line.
The stroke order of the word "happy" is: horizontal, vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal fold, horizontal, dot, left, horizontal, vertical, horizontal fold, horizontal.
The word "xi" first appeared in oracle bone inscriptions in the Shang Dynasty. The ancient shape of the character starts from the mouth and "壴". "壴" (zhù) is the original character for drum, which refers to an upright musical instrument with a mouth underneath, which means opening one's mouth when hearing a wonderful musical instrument playing. And laugh. It means that people are happy when they hear the sound of drums, and its original meaning is joy and joy. "Happiness, joy. From the mouth to the mouth." Joy, joy. You can understand it through your mouth. ——"Shuowen Jiezi"
It is also used as a verb to express fondness and hobby, which is further extended to mean that certain animals and plants are accustomed to or suitable for certain environmental conditions, or that certain things are prone to occur. Some kind of change.
The origin of the word "hi":
Happiness means joy. ——"Shuowen".
If people are happy, they will be tao. ——"Book of Rites-Tan Gong".
His ambition is joy. ——"Suwen - The Great Treatise on Five Far Journeys".
My heart is happy when I see a gentleman. ——"Poetry-Xiaoya-Jingjing".
Chen Sheng and Wu Guangxi read ghosts. ——"Historical Records-Chen She Family".
He was overjoyed. ——Handan Chun (Three Kingdoms and Wei Dynasty) "Laughing Forest".
The tiger is happy. ——Liu Zongyuan (Tang Dynasty) "Three Commandments".
Don’t be happy with things. ——Fan Zhongyan (Song Dynasty) "Yueyang Tower".
Three guarantees are also happy. ——Xu Ke (Qing Dynasty) "Qing Barnyard Notes - War Class".
A happy face is good, a sad look is good, but suddenly an angry look is even better. ——"The Strange Current Situation I've Witnessed for Twenty Years".
Happy to be an official. ——"Hanshu-Huang Ba Biography".
When King Wei of Qi was in power, he liked to live in seclusion. ——"Historical Records-Funny Biographies".
Kenren likes Confucianism. ——"Huainanzi - Biography of King Xian".