Kanji Detail for 豫 - "beforehand, enjoy, hesitate, hexagram"

豫

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
豫 means "beforehand, enjoy, hesitate, hexagram."
1. Beforehand - In advance; previously.
2. Enjoy - To take pleasure in; to rejoice.
3. Hesitate - To waver; to delay.
4. Hexagram - One of the sixty-four hexagrams of the Yijing.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

relaxed; comfortable; at ease

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

relaxed, comfortable, at ease; hexagram ䷏

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

abbr. for Henan province 河南 in central China

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

relaxed; hesitant

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

Comfortable and happy. Such as 逸豫 (ease and comfort), 暇豫 (leisure and contentment). | In advance. To prepare beforehand. "Doctrine of the Mean" says "In all things, preparation leads to success." | One of the ancient Nine Provinces. Located in present-day Henan, the plain, and northern Hubei. Therefore Henan Province is also called 豫省. | 猶豫 (hesitate). Names of two animals. Their nature is very suspicious. Therefore people who are indecisive in matters are also called 猶豫.
Onyomi

sha(しゃ)

sho(しょ)

yo(よ)
Kunyomi

arakaji.me(あらかじめ)
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

豕 (inoko・inokohen・buta)
Related Keywords
beforehand advance previously enjoy take pleasure rejoice hesitate waver delay hexagram sixty four hexagrams yijing