Hanja Analyzer
愉

愉 — yu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
즐거울 유
Romanization
yu
English
pleasant, delightful; please
Mandarin
yú
Japanese on'yomi
ユ, トウ
Japanese kun'yomi
たの.しい たの.しむ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,974 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
心 (61, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+6109

Parts that make up 愉

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 兪 대답할/인월도(人月刂) 유 거꾸로 놓은 由 또는 옛 화살촉‘유’ 계열의 소리

How 愉 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 愉 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 俞.

Korean example words with 愉

  • 유열愉悅 Korean gloss: 유쾌하고 기쁨
  • 유유하다愉愉 Korean gloss: 마음이 흐뭇하고 즐겁다
  • 유쾌스럽다愉快 Korean gloss: 즐겁고 상쾌한 느낌이 있다
  • 유쾌감愉快感 Korean gloss: 즐겁고 상쾌한 느낌
  • 유쾌남愉快男 Korean gloss: 즐겁고 쾌활한 남자
  • 유색愉色 Korean gloss: 유쾌한 얼굴빛.
  • 유일愉逸 Korean gloss: 유쾌하고 편안함.
  • 왕유王愉 Korean gloss: ‘진한공’의 본명.
  • 이유하다怡愉 Korean gloss: 즐겁고 기쁘다.
  • 유락하다愉樂 Korean gloss: 마음이나 기분이 흐뭇하고 좋다.
  • 유쾌 발랄하다愉快潑剌 Korean gloss: 즐겁고 상쾌하며, 표정이나 행동도 밝고 활기가 있다
  • 유쾌히愉快히 Korean gloss: 즐겁고 상쾌하게

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 愉

  • 愉快ゆかい pleasant; delightful; enjoyable
  • 不愉快ふゆかい unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing
  • 愉楽ゆらく pleasure
  • 愉悦ゆえつ joy; pleasure; delight
  • 愉色ゆしょく cheerful expression; pleased look; joyful look
  • 愉快犯ゆかいはん crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes

Other hanja read “유”

Other hanja with radical 心

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