悦

悦

See also: 悅

悦 U+60A6, 悦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60A6 ← 悥 [U+60A5] CJK Unified Ideographs 悧 → [U+60A7]

Translingual

Han character

悦 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 心金口山 (PCRU) or X心金口山 (XPCRU), composition ⿰忄兑)

1. pleased, contented, gratified

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 388, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10629
• Dae Jaweon: page 718, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2306, character 15
• Unihan data for U+60A6

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 悦 – see 悅 (“pleased; contented; gratified; to be pleasing to; etc.”). (This character, 悦, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 悅.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	悦
Kyūjitai	悅

Kanji

悦

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 悅)

1. ecstasy

Readings

• Go-on: えち (echi)
• Kan-on: えつ (etsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: よろこばしい (yorokobashī, 悦ばしい)^{←よろこばし (yorokobasi, historical)}; よろこばす (yorokobasu, 悦ばす); よろこび (yorokobi, 悦び); よろこぶ (yorokobu, 悦ぶ)
• Nanori: のぶ (nobu); よし (yoshi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
悦
えつ Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spelling
悅 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 悅 (MC jiuᴇt̚).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) え​つ [éꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• (Tokyo) えつ [ètsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [e̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Affix

悦(えつ) • (etsu) 

1. joy; pleasure; delight

Noun

悦(えつ) • (etsu) 

1. (literary) rejoicing; happiness

Derived terms

• 悦(えつ)に入(い)る (etsu ni iru)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

悦 • (yeol) (hangeul 열, revised yeol, McCune–Reischauer yŏl, Yale yel)

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