歡 (huān)

happy, glad, joyful

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound. 欠 (yawn) is a pictograph of a person with an open mouth, used here to represent a person joyfully laughing.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“歡,喜樂也。从欠,雚聲。”

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