Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

歓: delight, joy

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

欠 carries the meaning · 雚 gives the sound

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 歓迎かんげいwelcome; (warm) reception
  • 歓声かんせいcheer; shout of joy
  • 歓喜かんき
  • 大歓迎だいかんげいbig welcome; welcoming greatly
  • 交歓こうかんexchange of courtesies (cordialities)
  • 哀歓あいかんjoys and sorrows; happiness and sadness

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

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Look at that wide-open mouth! Someone is either so tired they are yawning (akubi) or they are gasping because they are in a state of "lack."”
More in the 欠 to lack story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
雚

Also built on 雚

歓 takes the 雚 family's reading, カン (kan).

欠

Also built on to lack (欠)

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Also read カン

51 kanji share this on'yomiAll 51

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
歓 delight · 欠
vs勧 persuade · 力
歓 has 欠 where 勧 has 力.
In ChineseSimplified 欢 · traditional 歡 · huān

Three different forms: Japanese 歓, simplified 欢, traditional 歡.

Simplified
欢 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
歡 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin huān 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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