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)

1. happy, pleased, glad
2. 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])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Affix

歓(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. joy, delight, pleasure

Noun

歓(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. (literary) joy, delight, pleasure