- 悦 — joy; delight
- 悦楽 — deep pleasure; joyful enjoyment
- 満悦 — great contentment; full satisfaction
- 喜悦 — happiness; joyful pleasure
- 愉悦 — quiet, refined joy
悦 is a phono-semantic character. On the left, 忄 is the “heart” radical, pointing to feelings and inner emotion. The right side provides the sound and suggests movement or rising. Together they express the heart lifting upward — the quiet, satisfying joy that comes when something truly pleases you.