joy

Someone  in love  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
rén person
SoundMeaning component
like, happy

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰlɯ

說文解字

樂也。从人喜聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica