Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1065 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: delight, joy

Kunyomi: よろこ.ぶ

Onyomi: カン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: lack, yawn

Examples

Onyomi Examples

カン joy, enjoyment, delight, pleasure

カンキ delight, great joy

アイカン joys and sorrows, happiness and sadness

コウカン exchange of courtesies (cordialities), fraternization, fraternisation

Kunyomi Examples

喜ぶ よろこぶ to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to congratulate, to gratefully accept