15 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N1

delight, joy

Kun'yomi
  • to be delighted ②to congratulate ③to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.) ④to do with pleasure
On'yomi
  • joy
Nanori

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

カン 99.4%
よろこ 0.6%

Character Breakdown

delight, joy
カン よろこ.ぶ ぶ (7th, N1)
heron(雚) variant
person(人) variant
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ スイ とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ あるじ ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
lack, gap, fail
ケツ か.ける ケン (4th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 6B53
JIS X 0208 1-20-31
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2425
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2948
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1867
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2342
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1206
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1650
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 570
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 612
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1030
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2352
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 652
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 16197
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 639
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1052
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1095
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 753
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1450
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1776
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1132
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1126
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 577
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4j11.1
Four corner code 8728.2
De Roo Code 2362