慶 – jubilation, congratulate, rejoice

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1300 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 慶 means jubilation, congratulate, rejoice, be happy. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケイ (kei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よろこ.び (yorokobi). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケイ	kei
Kun’yomi	よろこ.び	yorokobi

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: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 心・冖・夂・广.

Words using 慶

慶ぶよろこぶto be delighted

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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