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Kanji Detail for 欣 - "joyful, pleased, to rejoice"

欣

  • Meaning

    欣 means "joyful, pleased, to rejoice."

    1. Rejoice - To feel happy; to be pleased.

    2. Delight - Joy; gladness; pleasure.

  • Four-character idioms with 欣

    • 欣喜雀躍 きんきじゃくやく Listen jump up for joy
    • 欣求浄土 ごんぐじょうど Listen seeking rebirth in the Pure Land

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    • Verified meaning: joyful, pleased, to rejoice
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きん, きんじ, こん, しん)

    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 欣

    Given names 欣(きん)Listen 欣(こん)Listen 欣(はなこ)Listen 欣(もとむ)Listen 欣(やすし)Listen

    Surnames 欣(きんじ)Listen 欣(しん)Listen 欣(よし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    take pleasure in; rejoice

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    happy, joyous, delighted

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    happy

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    delighted, happy, joyous

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

    Joy. As in "looking delighted" (欣然色喜).

  • Onyomi

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    gon(ゴン) ゴン

    kin(キン) キン

    kon(コン) コン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yoroko.bi(よろこび) よろこび

    yoroko.bu(よろこ-ぶ) よろこ-ぶ

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    欠 (akubi・kakeru・kenzukuri)

  • Related Keywords

    joyful pleased to rejoice delighted joy pleasure bliss cheer contentment elation glad happiness merriment satisfaction

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