懌

Pronunciation
Five Elements
Strokes17 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation
Five Elements
Fortune
Radical
Simplified Strokes 16 strokes
Traditional Strokes 17 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

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Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Character: 懌 Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 406, Entry 01 Pronounced yi (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to be pleased. It is composed of the heart radical and the phonetic component yi. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Chapter Kang Gao: Then I, the one man, shall be pleased. It is also used to express pleasing others; this is also called yi. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Chapter Zi Cai: Harmonize and please the confused people who follow and those who precede; use this to please the former kings who received the mandate. Also, it can be pronounced yao (entering tone) to rhyme. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiao Ya): Not having seen the gentleman, my worried heart is agitated; having seen the gentleman, I am somewhat pleased. Sun Chu, Eulogy for Rong Qiqi: A harmonious heart, gentle and refined; both calm and pleased. Turbid yet gradually becoming clear, silent and indifferent.

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