huān

happy

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
馬 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

horse

雚 sound component

  Sound component

guànhuán

  

heron

Evolution

驩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
驩 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
驩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𬴐 () 

huān

happy, pleased, glad; joy; to enjoy

() 

huān

a breed of horse; variant of |[huān]

Most common words with 驩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

喜欢

to like

欢迎

to welcome

欢乐

gaiety

joyous

狂欢

party