Memory phrase for the character: 慶

慶

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Meaning

joy, congratulation, jubilation

Pronunciation

KEI

Explanation

Top: variation of deer 鹿 (originally a pictograph), below: var. of love 愛 [= A hand reaching down 爫 to cover 冖 the heart 心 of the cross-legged 夂 sitting person: That is love.]

Mnemonic

Deer and love mean joy.

Radicals

广	building	Radical madare - A similar radical 厂 stands for cliff.
鹿	deer
愛	love

Vocabulary

慶ぶ	よろこぶ	to be happy
慶び	よろこび	joy, (a) delight, pleasure, gratification, rejoicing, congratulations, felicitations

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