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Kanji Detail for 愉 - "pleasant, happy, cheerful"

愉

  • Meaning

    愉 means "pleasant, happy, cheerful."

    1. Pleasant - Enjoyable; delightful.

    2. Happy - Feeling or showing pleasure.

    3. Cheerful - Full of good spirits; joyful.

  • Words using 愉

    • 愉快 ゆかい Listen pleasant; delightful; enjoyable
    • 不愉快 ふゆかい Listen unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing

  • Tattoo check: 愉

    • Verified meaning: pleasant, happy, cheerful
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さとし, ゆう, ゆかい)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 愉

    Given names 愉(ゆう)Listen 愉(ゆかい)Listen

    Surnames 愉(さとし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pleasure; happy; rejoice

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pleasant, delightful; please

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    pleased

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    pleasant, delightful; to please

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Happy. A pleasant expression is 愉色.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    yu(ユ) ユ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tano.shii(たの-しい) たの-しい

    tano.shimu(たの-しむ) たの-しむ

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    pleasant happy cheerful delight enjoyment joy pleasure amusement bliss content elation euphoria fun glad glee gratification happiness jubilation merriment merry

Sentences including 愉

  • Have fun this summer !

  • Did you enjoy yourself yesterday?

  • What a cheerful story !

  • There is no more disagreeable thing than this.

  • Did you enjoy yourself at the party?

  • The more , the merrier.

  • I'm really unhappy about this.

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