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Translingual
Han character
悅 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 心金口山 (PCRU), four-corner 98016, composition ⿰忄兌)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 386, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10629
- Dae Jaweon: page 718, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2306, character 15
- Unihan data for U+6085
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 毤
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*l̥ʰoːds
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| 蛻
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*l'oːds, *l̥ʰoːds, *hljods, *lod, *lod
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| 娧
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*l̥ʰoːds, *lod
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| 駾
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*l̥ʰoːds
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| 裞
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*l̥ʰoːds, *hljods
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| 兌
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*l'oːds
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| 綐
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*l'oːds
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| 銳
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*l'oːds, *lods
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| 帨
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*stʰods, *hljods
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| 稅
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*hljods
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| 說
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*hljods, *hljod, *lod
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| 涚
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*hljods
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| 䫄
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*rtʰoːd
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| 脫
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*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
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| 侻
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*l̥ʰoːd
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| 挩
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*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
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| 莌
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*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
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| 梲
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*l̥ʰoːd, *ʔljod, *l̥ʰuːd
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| 鮵
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*l'oːd
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| 敓
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*l'oːd
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| 痥
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*l'oːd
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| 悅
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*lod, *lod
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| 閱
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*lod
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lod, *lod): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 兌 (OC *l'oːds).
Often written as 說 in pre-Qin texts.
Etymology
STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-lwat (“free; release; slip; dislocate”). Cognate with 愉 (OC *lo, “happy; pleased”), 說 (OC *hljods, “to speak; to explain”), 脫 (OC *l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd, “to take off (clothes); to escape”), 偷 (OC *l̥ʰoː, “to steal”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- iat/ia̍t - vernacular;
- oa̍t - literary.
Note:
- ruag8 - Shantou;
- ruêg8 - Chaozhou;
- ruah8 - used in 相悅.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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悅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yuè
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ywet ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*lot/
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| English
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pleased
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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悅
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悅
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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2573
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2575
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Phonetic
component
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兑
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兑
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Rime
group
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月
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月
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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悅
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悅
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Old
Chinese
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/*lod/
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/*lod/
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Definitions
悅
- pleased; contented; gratified
秦伯說，與鄭人盟。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
秦伯说，与郑人盟。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Qín bó yuè, yǔ Zhèng rén méng.
- The earl of Qin was pleased, and made a covenant with the people of Zheng.
取之而燕民悅，則取之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
取之而燕民悦，则取之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Qǔ zhī ér Yàn mín yuè, zé qǔ zhī.
- If the people of Yan will be pleased with your taking possession of it, then do so.
- to be pleasing to
- 悅目／悦目 ― yuèmù ― pleasing to the eye
- 悅耳／悦耳 ― yuè'ěr ― pleasant-sounding
- to like; to love
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
悅
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 悦)
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Readings
Usage notes
This character lacks JIS support and is not used in Japan. 悦 (U+60A6) is used instead.
Korean
Hanja
悅 (eum 열 (yeol))
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Vietnamese
Han character
悅: Hán Nôm readings: duyệt
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