歓
歓 — Delight
delight, joy
On’yomiカン (kan)
Kun’yomiよろこぶ (yorokobu)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 歓
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歓迎 | かんげい kangei | welcome; (warm) reception |
| 歓声 | かんせい kansei | cheer; shout of joy |
| 歓喜 | かんき kanki | delight; great joy |
| 大歓迎 | だいかんげい daikangei | big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome |
| 交歓 | こうかん koukan | exchange of courtesies (cordialities); fraternization; fraternisation |
| 歓楽街 | かんらくがい kanrakugai | entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter |
Study notes
歓 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1065 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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