悦 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「心」+音符「兌」。「よろこぶ」を意味する漢語{悦}を表す字。もと「兌」が{悦}を表す字であったが、「心」を加えた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

ecstasy, joy, rapture

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エツJHS
Kun (native)
  • よろこ(ぶ)
  • よろこ(ばす)
Nanori (used in names)
  • よし
Other languages
  • 拼音yue4
  • 한글yeol
  • Hán-ViệtDuyệt
  • Hán-ViệtDột

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
心(こころ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+60A6

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰忄兑

Words using this kanji

  • えつself-satisfaction, rejoicing
  • 悦楽えつらく悦び、楽しむこと。そのような楽しみ。joy, pleasure, delight
  • 悦哉えっさいmusket (male Japanese sparrowhawk)
  • 悦に入るえつにいるto be pleased, to gloat, to glow with self-satisfaction
  • 悦に浸るえつにひたるto be pleased, to gloat, to glow with self-satisfaction

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(25 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-7
Four Corner
9801.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4k7.15
Heisig
666
Nelson
1696