愉 (yú): pleased

愉 (yú) is a Chinese character meaning “pleased.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 俞 (phonetic). It ranks #1955 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 愉 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. pleased

Etymology & Origin

愉

pictophoneticheart

Decomposition: ⿰忄俞 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 愉

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
愉快adjectiveyú kuàicheerful4

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
愉悦adjectiveyú yuèjoyful
欢愉adjectivehuān yúhappy
不愉快adjectivebù yú kuàidisagreeable
周末愉快zhōu mò yú kuàihave a nice weekend!
恬愉tián yúcontent and at ease
6
Total compounds
33
As first character
33
As last character
33
As middle character

愉 appears in 6 compound words: 33 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 33 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 愉 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

悦yuè
0.6171,218 co-occurrences
快kuài
0.5876,837 co-occurrences
翠cuì
0.404250 co-occurrences
景jǐng
0.3871,980 co-occurrences
欢huān
0.384242 co-occurrences
氛fēn
0.38092 co-occurrences
令lìng
0.379992 co-occurrences
兆zhào
0.355128 co-occurrences
感gǎn
0.345806 co-occurrences
轻qīng
0.345172 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

愉快的心情,健康的源泉。

Yúkuài de xīnqíng, jiànkāng de yuánquán.

A happy mood is the source of health.

少数派Aug 2026

我后来逐渐接受了一件事: 对工具类产品来说,愉悦感本身也可以是一种功能。

wǒ hòu lái zhú jiān jiē shòu le yī jiàn shì : duì gōng jù lèi chǎn pǐn lái shuō , yú yuè gǎn běn shēn yě kě yǐ shì yī zhǒng gōng néng .

I gradually came to accept one thing: for utility-based products, the sense of enjoyment itself can also be a feature.

少数派Aug 2026

希望大家享受插件,祝学习愉快!

xī wàng dà jiā xiǎng shòu chā jiàn , zhù xué xí yú kuài !

I hope you all enjoy the plugin, and I wish you all the best in your studies!

少数派Aug 2026

它的美丽与轻盈,让我在用手机的绝大部分时间里,感受到的都是愉悦和舒心。

tā de měi lí yǔ qīng yíng , ràng wǒ zài yòng shǒu jī de jué dà bù fēn shí jiān lǐ , gǎn shòu dào de dōu shì yú yuè hé shū xīn .

Its beauty and lightness make me feel happy and at ease most of the time I spend using my phone.

EdigestMar 2026

香港兴业宣布“愉景湾2.0”蓝图 打造全新交通总汇大楼“...

xiāng gǎng xīng yè xuān bù yú jǐng wān 2 . 0 lán tú dǎ zào quán xīn jiāo tōng zǒng huì dà lóu . . .

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Unveils "Discovery Bay 2.0" Master Plan to Build a New Transportation Hub Building "..."

99 健康网Feb 2026

...甩一下和性快感有关吗?尿道神经受刺激产生愉悦感吗

. . . shuǎi yī xià hé xìng kuài gǎn yǒu guān ma ? niào dào shén jīng shòu cì jī chǎn shēng yú yuè gǎn ma

Is jerking off related to sexual pleasure? Does stimulating the urethral nerves produce a pleasurable sensation?

Tatoeba

年轻人,要趁着年轻过得愉快!

Niánqīngrén, yào chèn zhe niánqīng guòdé yúkuài!

Young man, enjoy yourself while you are young!

Tatoeba

劳动不仅是一种需要,而还是一种愉快。

Láodòng bù jǐn shì yīzhǒng xūyào, ér háishi yīzhǒng yúkuài.

Labor is not merely a necessity but a pleasure.

Tatoeba

生活并不都是轻松愉快的。

Shēnghuó bìngbù dōu shì qīngsōng yúkuài de.

Life is not all fun and games.

Tatoeba

她的声音令人愉快。

Tā de shēngyīn lìngrén yúkuài.

She has an agreeable voice.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 忄 (heart) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced yú

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 愉 (yú) mean in Chinese?
愉 (yú) primarily means "pleased." It is classified as HSK Level 4, making it an upper-intermediate character. It ranks #1955 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 愉 and 输?
愉 (yú) and 输 (shū) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 忄 vs 车 (same 俞 component).
How many strokes does 愉 have?
愉 is written with 12 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 愉?
The radical associated with 愉 is 忄 (heart). This radical appears in many characters related to heart.
What are the components of 愉?
愉 is composed of: 忄 (semantic), 俞 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰忄俞 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 愉?
Common words with 愉 include: 愉快 (yú kuài, "cheerful"); 愉悦 (yú yuè, "joyful"); 欢愉 (huān yú, "happy"); 不愉快 (bù yú kuài, "disagreeable"); 周末愉快 (zhōu mò yú kuài, "have a nice weekend!"). There are over 6 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 愉 (yú)?
Several characters share the pronunciation yú: 瑜 (excellence), 逾 (to exceed), 渝 (short name for Chongqing 重慶|重庆), 于 ((of time or place) in), and 2 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 愉 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 愉 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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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.