■ radical

huān

happy

How it’s built

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

欠

meaning

yawn; lack; owe

又

simplified

(hand); again — Shorthand for the 雚 component in the traditional character 歡.

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