15 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

glad, pleased, rejoice

Kun'yomi
  • happy ②joyful
  • たのしむ
On'yomi
Nanori
  • うらし
  • うれし

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

うれしい 96.5%
うれし 2.9%
0.6%

Character Breakdown

glad, pleased, rejoice
うれ.しい うれし キ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
rejoice, take pleasure in
よろこ.ぶ キ よし (4th, N3)
drum, surname
シュ チュ たてる
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
beans, pea, midget
まめ トウ ズ (3rd, N1)
delicious(旨) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide

References

Unicode hex code 5B09
JIS X 0208 1-20-82
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1255
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1267
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 722
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 890
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 508
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 655
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2207
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2319
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2476
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 6736
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2048
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3e12.3
Four corner code 4446.5
De Roo Code 1777