歓

See also: 歡

歓	U+6B53, 歓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B53

← 歒
[U+6B52]

CJK Unified Ideographs

歔 →
[U+6B54]

Translingual

Traditional	歡
Shinjitai	歓
Simplified	欢

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

Shinjitai	歓
Kyūjitai	歡

Kanji

歓

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 歡)

happy, pleased, glad
joy, delight

Readings

Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
Kun: よろこぶ (yorokobu, 歓ぶ)

Compounds

歓迎(かんげい) (kangei): welcome, reception
歓声(かんせい) (kansei): cheer, shout of joy

Etymology

Kanji in this term
歓
かん Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
歡 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 歡 (MC xwan).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Affix

歓(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)^?}

joy, delight, pleasure

Noun

歓(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)^?}

(literary) joy, delight, pleasure

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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