The scenery here makes one feel carefree and relaxed.
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怡 rarely stands alone in modern Chinese. It appears in set phrases like 心旷神怡 and 怡然自得, and is extremely popular in Chinese given names (e.g. 章子怡, 张怡宁) conveying happiness and harmony.
忄 is the heart radical 心 in left-side form. It tags 怡 as a feeling word, grouping it with 快 (happy), 怀 (cherish), and 悦 (pleased) - all states of the inner heart.
台 supplies the reading, shifting from tái to yí along an old palatal initial. The same phonetic family includes 治 (govern), 始 (begin), and 抬 (lift), all hovering around the y- and t- syllables that share an ancient root.
