悦

音読おんよみ: エツ

訓読くんよみ: よろこ-ぶ

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: りっしんべん(忄)

Meaning

Joy / Delight / Pleased

  • えつ — joy; delight
  • 悦楽えつらく — deep pleasure; joyful enjoyment
  • 満悦まんえつ — great contentment; full satisfaction
  • 喜悦きえつ — happiness; joyful pleasure
  • 愉悦ゆえつ — quiet, refined joy

悦 is a phono-semantic character. On the left, 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.

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