歓 – delight, joy

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1065 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 歓 means delight, joy. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よろこ.ぶ (yorokobu). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 欠 (no. 76).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	よろこ.ぶ	yorokobu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 欠 (Kangxi radical 76). Components: 欠・隹・矢・乞.

Words using 歓

歓迎かんげいwelcome歓声かんせいcheer

Example sentences

あなたはうちのクラスで歓迎されています。

You are welcomed in our class.

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群集は嬉しさのあまり歓声を上げた。

The crowd yelled with delight.

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Kanji with the same radical

次欧歌欠欲欺

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