(kuài lè) - happy, joyful in Mandarin
kuàilèTraditional: 快樂
Translation
happy, joyful
Word origin
快乐 means happy or joyful. 快 (kuài) here means pleased (忄 'heart' radical with phonetic 夬). 乐 (lè) means joy; the traditional 樂 is a pictograph of a wooden frame strung for music, hence joy.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 快 (kuài, pleased) + 乐 (lè, joy)
Stroke order
快
乐
Examples
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Happy birthday!
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She looks very happy.
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I hope you are happy.
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The children played joyfully.
快乐 (kuài lè) means happy, joyful. It is used as an adjective in everyday Mandarin speech.
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