悦 Delight

Radical Combination

• 忄

  Soul
• 兑

  Guard

Meaning

Primary

Delight

Alternative

Joy

Mnemonic

If you can guard your soul from bad things you'll always feel delight and joy. It's hard to guard your soul from everything though, so take all the joy you can, while you can.

Hints

Imagine guarding yourself from all the bad things in the world. No more politics, religion, internet trolls debating the two, it's all guarded from your precious soul. Ahhh, it's so joyous to be unburdened.

Readings

On’yomi

えつ

Kun’yomi

よろこ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The delight you feel is so great that it becomes permanently etched (えつ) in your soul and even your face.

Hints

Picture joy etched on your own face. No one can get you down.