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Joy Radical Delight Pegasus 歓 カン よろこ.ぶ ぶ

Kanji
Onyomi カン
Kunyomi よろこ.ぶ
Nanori
English delight, joy
Examples 歓迎(かんげい): welcome; reception
歓声(かんせい): cheer; shout of joy
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1065
Components 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172)
欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76)
Number of Strokes 15
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 76
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading あくび・けんづくり・かける・けつ
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword delight
Koohii Story 1 Imagine a spoiled little girl. Her delight when she gets a Pegasus for her birthday... and then like all spoilt little girls she gets bored of it quickly... hence the yawn.
Koohii Story 2 I would be delighted if Japanese lacked the Pegasus kanji.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_emotion.sense_emotion

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