Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
pleasure, happy, rejoice
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1974 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 愉快 【ユカイ】 pleasant, delightful, enjoyable, joyful, cheerful, amusing, happy
  • 愉悦 【ユエツ】 joy, pleasure, delight

Kun reading compounds

  • 楽しい 【たのしい】 enjoyable, fun, pleasant, happy, delightful
  • 楽しむ 【たのしむ】 to enjoy, to take pleasure in, to have a good time, to have fun, to look forward to

Readings

Japanese names:
ゆう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu2
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • diversión
  • regocijo

Portuguese

  • prazer
  • feliz
  • júbilo

French

  • plaisir
  • joyeux
  • agréable
1861 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1461 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1726 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1276 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1307 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1598 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1705 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1458 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
824 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
710 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
426 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
534 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
635 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10905P Morohashi
582 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920 New Nelson (John Haig)
628 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
675 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1535 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1143 2001 Kanji
4k9.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
1-1-11 SKIP code
9802.1 Four corner code
1-44-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6109 Unicode hex code