Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn
Parts:
Variants:
take pleasure in, rejoice
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2071 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 欣栄 【キンエイ】 joy and glory, joyous glory, pleasure
  • 欣悦 【キンエツ】 joy, gladness
  • 欣求 【ゴング】 earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)
  • 欣求浄土 【ゴングジョウド】 seeking rebirth in the Pure Land

Kun reading compounds

  • 喜ぶ 【よろこぶ】 to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to rejoice, to congratulate, to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.), to take kindly to, to do with pleasure, to do gladly, to be happy (to do)

Readings

Japanese names:
やすし、 よし、 し
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xin1
Korean:
heun

Spanish

  • alegrarse
  • divertirse

Portuguese

French

2077 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1924 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
603 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2129 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1057 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
569 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
753 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
16008 Morohashi
852 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2930 New Nelson (John Haig)
2888 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2897 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4j4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
7728.2 Four corner code
1-22-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b23 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, comfortable
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1074 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 快 【カイ】 pleasure, delight, enjoyment
  • 快感 【カイカン】 pleasant feeling, pleasant sensation, pleasure
  • 豪快 【ゴウカイ】 hearty, tremendous, magnificent, glorious, splendid, heroic, stirring
  • 明快 【メイカイ】 clear, clear-cut, lucid, unequivocal, explicit

Kun reading compounds

  • 快い 【こころよい】 pleasant, agreeable, comfortable, refreshing

Readings

Japanese names:
よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kuai4
Korean:
kwae

Spanish

  • agradable
  • bueno
  • curarse
  • rápido
  • placentero

Portuguese

  • confortável
  • agradável
  • alegre

French

  • agréable
  • gai
  • plaisant
  • confortable
566 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
661 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
631 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
882 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1654 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
827 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
531 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
372 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1409 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1498 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
656 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
808 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
289 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
182 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
218 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1657 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10369 Morohashi
245 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1802 New Nelson (John Haig)
1642 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1771 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
664 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1163 2001 Kanji
4k4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
1-1-6 SKIP code
9503.0 Four corner code
1-18-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5feb Unicode hex code