Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn
Parts:
Variants:
delight, joy
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1065 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 歓 【カン】 joy, enjoyment, delight, pleasure
  • 歓喜 【カンキ】 delight, great joy
  • 哀歓 【アイカン】 joys and sorrows, happiness and sadness
  • 交歓 【コウカン】 exchange of courtesies (cordialities), fraternization, fraternisation

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:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan1
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

  • alegría
  • felicidad
  • deleite
  • diversión

Portuguese

  • deleite
  • prazer

French

  • joie
  • plaisir
  • ravissement
753 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
639 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1030 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2425 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
652 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1450 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2352 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1052 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1095 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1132 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1126 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2342 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1206 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1650 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
577 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16197 Morohashi
1867 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2948 New Nelson (John Haig)
570 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
612 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1776 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2362 2001 Kanji
4j11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-4 SKIP code
8728.2 Four corner code
1-20-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b53 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
rejoice, take pleasure in
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
769 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 喜劇 【キゲキ】 comedy
  • 喜寿 【キジュ】 77th birthday
  • 歓喜 【カンキ】 delight, great joy
  • 悲喜 【ヒキ】 joys and sorrows

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)
  • 喜ばす 【よろこばす】 to delight, to please, to make (someone) happy, to give pleasure (to)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 きゅ、 のぶ、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi3
Korean:
heui

Spanish

  • alegría
  • júbilo
  • divertirse

Portuguese

  • Alegrar-se
  • ter prazer em

French

  • se réjouir
  • prendre plaisir à
370 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
473 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
450 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
770 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1115 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
564 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
416 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1709 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1143 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1196 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
294 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2889 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1488 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2008 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1457 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3957 Morohashi
2308 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
858 New Nelson (John Haig)
1445 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1553 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
582 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3p9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
4060.1 Four corner code
1-20-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
559c Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn
Parts:
song, sing
Kun:
うたうた.う
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
519 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 歌劇 【カゲキ】 opera
  • 歌曲 【カキョク】 melody, tune, song
  • 演歌 【エンカ】 enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
  • 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

Kun reading compounds

  • 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
  • 歌合 【うたあわせ】 poetry contest
  • 短歌 【たんか】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
  • 替え歌 【かえうた】 parody (of a song), new lyrics to an old melody, song parody
  • 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
  • 歌うたい 【うたうたい】 singer, vocalist, nagauta singer (in kabuki), singer of noh chants

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • canción
  • cantar

Portuguese

  • canção
  • cantar

French

  • chanson
  • chanter
166 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
90 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
84 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
478 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2422 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
256 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
201 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2170 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
392 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
395 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
200 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1125 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2296 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1187 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1621 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
480 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16167 Morohashi
1825 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2945 New Nelson (John Haig)
469 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
508 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
486 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
230 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3162 2001 Kanji
4j10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
1768.2 Four corner code
1-18-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b4c Unicode hex code