悅 (jyut6 | yue4) : delight; pleasure

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悅

jyut6

yue4

delighted; to delight; pleased; pleasure; happy

悅 is the traditional printing form. 悦 is not exactly an abbreviated form but rather a variant popularly used in handwriting.

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

悅 / 悦

This word has been viewed 6583 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Sep 2010 02:19

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喜悅 hei2 jyut6 xi3 yue4 = happy; joyous

愉悅 jyu4 jyut6 yu2 yue4 = joyful

女為悅己者容 neoi5 wai6 jyut6 gei2 ze2 jung4 nv3 wei4 yue4 ji3 zhe3 rong2 = women get put on make-up for those whom they like; a girl will doll herself up for the one she loves

賞心悅目 soeng2 sam1 jyut6 muk6 shang3 xin1 yue4 mu4 = to find sth. both pleasant and pleasing to the eye and the mind

取悅 ceoi2 jyut6 qu3 yue4 = to try to please

卓悅 coek3 jyut6 zhuo1 yue4 = Bonjour

君悅酒店 gwan1 jyut6 zau2 dim3 jun1 yue4 jiu3 dian4 = Grand Hyatt Hotel

王悅 wong4 jyut6 wang2 yue4 = Wang Yue

張燊悅 zoeng1 san1 jyut6 zhang1 shen1 yue4 = Nicola Cheung

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Decimal representation of this word: 悅
Unicode code for this character: U+6085 (off-site link)

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