Chinese symbol for “merriment”
欢乐
huān lè
Traditional: 歡樂
gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for merriment is 欢乐 (huān lè), defined as: gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “merriment”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 欢乐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喜欢 (喜歡) | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased |
| 欢迎 (歡迎) | huān yíng | to welcome; welcome |
| 受欢迎 (受歡迎) | shòu huān yíng | to be popular; to be well-liked; to be warmly received |
| 欢呼 (歡呼) | huān hū | to cheer for; to acclaim |
| 狂欢 (狂歡) | kuáng huān | party; carousal |
| 音乐 (音樂) | yīn yuè | music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn) |
| 快乐 (快樂) | kuài lè | happy; joyful |
| 娱乐 (娛樂) | yú lè | to entertain; to amuse |
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.