Chinese symbol for “cheerfully”
欣然
xīn rán
gladly; cheerfully
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cheerfully is 欣然 (xīn rán), defined as: gladly; cheerfully.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 欣然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欣赏 (欣賞) | xīn shǎng | to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire |
| 欣慰 | xīn wèi | to be gratified |
| 欣喜 | xīn xǐ | happy |
| 欢欣 (歡欣) | huān xīn | elated |
| 欢欣鼓舞 (歡欣鼓舞) | huān xīn gǔ wǔ | (idiom) elated and excited; overjoyed |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cheerfully”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.