Meaning & readings
jubilation, congratulate, rejoice, be happy
Origin
This character combines the idea of celebration with the heart or feelings. The left side contains a component suggesting festivity or rejoicing, while the right side includes the "heart" radical (心), which in kanji often represents emotions and inner feelings. Together, these elements create a character that directly depicts the emotional state of joy and congratulation. The complex strokes reflect the elaborate nature of celebrations and the deep, heartfelt happiness they represent.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Pictographic or simple.
Components
This character is treated as a single, undivided shape (慶).
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 15
- Kangxi radical
- 61
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #1300 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+06176