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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

悦: ecstasy, joy

Also: rapture

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

忄 carries the meaning · 兌 gives the sound

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

エツetsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 満悦まんえつgreat delight; great satisfaction; rapture
  • 悦えつself-satisfaction; rejoicing
  • 悦楽えつらくjoy; pleasure; delight

Also read よろこぶ, よろこばす, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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忄

Also built on heart (忄)

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兌

Also built on 兌

悦 takes the 兌 family's reading, エツ (etsu).

Also read エツ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
悦 ecstasy · 忄
vs脱 undress · 月
悦 has 忄 where 脱 has 月.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 悅 · yuè

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 悦. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 悅.

Simplified
悦 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
悅 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yuè most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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