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惬

愜
qiè
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 satisfied
  2. 2 content
  3. 3 pleased

Examples

在院子里品茶，他感到十分惬意。
Zài yuànzi lǐ pǐnchá, tā gǎndào shífēn qièyì.
Sipping tea in the courtyard, he felt completely content.
在海边度假，真是惬意极了。
Zài hǎibiān dùjià, zhēnshì qièyì jí le.
A holiday spent at the seaside is so pleasant and relaxing.

Tips

usage
惬 describes a relaxed, satisfied feeling. The everyday word is 惬意 (cozy, pleasant, content), used for comfortable moments like resting, holidays, or a quiet afternoon.

Components

radical
忄 xīn
heart; mind
The heart radical in left-side form. It marks 惬 as an inner feeling, here the warm, settled sense of being satisfied and at ease.
semantic
匚 fāng
an open box; container
The right-opening box that wraps the inner part; its strokes come first and last in the right half. With 夹 it forms the phonetic, contributing the qiè sound.
phonetic
夹 jiā
to press between; to clip
Sits inside the box. Together with 匚 it makes the phonetic element behind the qiè reading; the heart radical supplies the 'content' meaning.

Stroke Order

惬 qiè