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Translingual
Etymology
Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 歡 (雚 → 𮥶).
Han character
歓 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人土弓人 (OGNO), composition ⿰𮥶欠)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 572, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16197
- Dae Jaweon: page 960, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 8 (in addendum), page 27, character 24
- Unihan data for U+6B53
Japanese
Kanji
歓
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 歡)
- happy, pleased, glad
- joy, delight
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
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| 歡 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 歡 (MC xwan).
Pronunciation
Affix
歓 • (kan) ←くわん (kwan)?
- joy, delight, pleasure
Noun
歓 • (kan) ←くわん (kwan)?
- (literary) joy, delight, pleasure
References