欢 (huān): hubbub, clamor

欢 (huān) is a Chinese character meaning “hubbub.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 又 (structural) and 欠 (structural). It ranks #685 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. hubbub
  2. clamor

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6

Practice writing 欢 with real-time feedback — trace each stroke in the correct order and build muscle memory in the HanziFeed app.

Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 欢

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
喜欢verbxǐ huanto like1
欢迎verbhuān yíngto welcome3
欢乐adjectivehuān lègaiety6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
欢呼verbhuān hūto cheer for
狂欢verbkuáng huānparty
欢笑verbhuān xiàoto laugh happily
欢快adjectivehuān kuàicheerful and lighthearted
欢心nounhuān xīnfavor
欢喜adjectivehuān xǐhappy
狂欢节nounkuáng huān jiécarnival
皆大欢喜phrasejiē dà huān xǐto everyone's delight and satisfaction
欢庆verbhuān qìngto celebrate
寻欢作乐phrasexún huān zuò lèpleasure seeking (idiom)
欢愉adjectivehuān yúhappy
欢欣鼓舞phrasehuān xīn gǔ wǔ(idiom) elated and excited
欢聚一堂phrasehuān jù yī tángto gather happily under one roof
不欢而散phrasebù huān ér sànto part on bad terms
欢声笑语huān shēng xiào yǔcheers and laughter
77
Total compounds
47
As first character
34
As last character
19
As middle character

欢 appears in 77 compound words: 47 as the first character, 34 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 欢 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

喜xǐ
0.76737,355 co-occurrences
迎yíng
0.66534,392 co-occurrences
受shòu
0.54523,268 co-occurrences
澈chè
0.47123 co-occurrences
狂kuáng
0.4702,002 co-occurrences
最zuì
0.42313,784 co-occurrences
颇pō
0.416432 co-occurrences
节jié
0.4112,996 co-occurrences
艺yì
0.4031,980 co-occurrences
冤yuān
0.400326 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (21)

悲欢离合bēihuānlíhéHSK 6+

sorrow, joy, separation and reunion; vicissitudes of life; sorrows and joys

phrase
宾主尽欢bīn zhǔ jìn huānHSK 4+

both the guests and the hosts thoroughly enjoy themselves (idiom)

phrase
不欢而散bùhuān'érsànHSK 4+

to part ways unhappily; to end on a sour note

phrase
欢蹦乱跳huānbèng luàntiàoHSK 7+

alive and kicking

adjective
欢呼雀跃huānhūquèyuèHSK 7+

to shout and jump for joy

phrase
欢欢喜喜huān huān xǐ xǐHSK 1+

happily

phrase
欢聚一堂huānjùyītángHSK 4+

to gather joyfully in the same place

phrase
欢天喜地huāntiānxǐdìHSK 2+

with boundless joy; overjoyed

phrase
欢喜冤家huān xǐ yuān jiaHSK 7+

quarrelsome but loving couple

phrase
欢欣鼓舞huānxīngǔwǔHSK 5+

elated and excited; overjoyed; to dance with joy; to rejoice

phrase
欢迎光临huānyíng guānglínHSK 5+

welcome (said to a customer entering a shop)

夹道欢迎jiā dào huān yíngHSK 6+

to line the streets in welcome

phrase

Showing 12 of 21 idioms containing 欢.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

欢迎大家来参加今天的聚会,希望大家玩得开心。

Huānyíng dàjiā lái cānjiā jīntiān de jùhuì, xīwàng dàjiā wán de kāixīn.

Welcome everyone to today's gathering; I hope everyone has a good time.

東方日報Feb 2026

赵丽颖争气赢观众欢心 全球女星No.6

zhào lí yǐng zhēng qì yíng guàn zhòng huān xīn quán qiú nǚ xīng N o . 6

Zhao Liying competed to win the audience's favor as the No.6 actress in the world

Hk01.comFeb 2026

黄晓明新加坡蜜游新欢?与美女亲密撑伞 网民:叶珂是过去式了吗

huáng xiǎo míng xīn jiā pō mì yóu xīn huān ? yǔ měi nǚ qīn mì chēng sǎn wǎng mín : xié 珂 shì guò qù shì le ma

Huang Xiaoming's new love on a honeymoon trip in Singapore? Intimate umbrella with beautiful women Netizens: Is Ye Ke in the past tense?

English News - RthkFeb 2026

财政预算案|教资会欢迎预算案预留100亿资助北都大学城建校舍

cái zhèng yù suàn àn jiào zī huì huān yíng yù suàn àn yù liú 1 0 0 yì zī zhù běi dōu dà xué chéng jiàn jiào shě

UGC welcomes the budget set aside $10 billion to fund the construction of the Hokkaido University Building

中国新闻网_梳理天下新闻Feb 2026

2026“欢乐春节·新春音乐会”在悉尼歌剧院举行

2 0 2 6 huān lè chūn jié xīn chūn yīn lè huì zài xī ní gē jù yuàn jǔ háng

The 2026 "Happy Spring Festival and New Year Concert" will be held at the Sydney Opera House

百度新闻Feb 2026

一卷春风三地书 2026福建省春节联欢晚会绘万里风..

yī juǎn chūn fēng sān dì shū fú jiàn shěng chūn jié lián huān wǎn huì huì mò lǐ fēng . .

A Volume of Spring Breeze and Three Books 2026 Fujian Provincial Spring Festival Gala Painting Miles of Wind...

Tatoeba

你最喜欢什么水果?

Nǐ zuì xǐhuan shénme shuǐguǒ?

What fruit do you like the best?

Tatoeba

大家都喜欢音乐吗?

Dàjiā dōu xǐhuan yīnyuè ma?

Does everybody love music?

Tatoeba

你喜欢喝茶;还是咖啡?

Nǐ xǐhuan hēchá; háishi kāfēi?

Which would you rather have, tea or coffee?

Tatoeba

你最喜欢哪个季节?

Nǐ zuì xǐhuan nǎge jìjié?

What season do you like the best?

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced huān

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 欢 (huān) mean in Chinese?
欢 (huān) primarily means "hubbub." It is classified as HSK Level 1, making it a beginner-level character. It ranks #685 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 欢 have?
欢 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 欢?
The radical associated with 欢 is 欠 (yawn). This radical appears in many characters related to yawn.
What are the components of 欢?
欢 is composed of: 又 (structural), 欠 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰又欠 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 欢?
Common words with 欢 include: 喜欢 (xǐ huan, "to like"); 欢迎 (huān yíng, "to welcome"); 欢呼 (huān hū, "to cheer for"); 欢乐 (huān lè, "gaiety"); 狂欢 (kuáng huān, "party"). There are over 77 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 欢 (huān)?
Several characters share the pronunciation huān: 换 (to change, to exchange), 环 (ring), 缓 (slow, delay), 患 (to suffer (from illness)), and 4 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 欢 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 欢 and the traditional form is 懽.

Practice writing 欢 with real-time feedback

Trace stroke sequences, hear spoken pronunciation, and build lasting retention with spaced repetition in the HanziFeed app.

Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.