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heart
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The character 怿 is used to express positive emotional states such as joy or gladness. Its structure is a phono-semantic compound: the semantic radical 忄 (xīn, 'heart') indicates feelings, and the right side is a phonetic component. The traditional version, 懌, features the complex phonetic element 睪 (yì). In the simplified character, this is replaced by a much simpler component combining 𠂤 above 又. It appears predominantly in formal or classical literary language to denote a profound inner joy or contentment.
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