HSK 2 · Feelings

快乐

kuài lè

happy; joyful

Stroke order of 快乐

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

快 · 7 strokes 乐 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

Your heart "忄" beats "快" fast with "乐" joy: happy!

Parts: 快 fast; pleased (忄 heart + 夬) + 乐 joy; music

The characters in 快乐

快 kuài — fast; quickly (7 strokes)
乐 lè — happy; to laugh (5 strokes)

Example sentence

祝你生日快乐！

Happy birthday to you!

Words with 快

快fast; quickly 凉快nice and cool 快餐fast food 快要almost; about to 快点儿hurry up 快速fast; rapid 赶快quickly; at once 加快to speed up

Words with 乐

音乐music 音乐会concert 可乐cola 乐队band 欢乐joy; happy 乐happy; to laugh 乐观optimistic

More words: Feelings

开心happy 难过sad; upset 放心to be at ease; to relax 感动to move (emotionally); moved 满意satisfied 不满dissatisfied 可怕terrible; scary 怕to be afraid 急anxious; urgent 心情mood 心里in one's heart; in one's mind 心中in one's heart 感到to feel 感觉to feel; feeling 不好意思sorry; embarrassed 啊ah; oh (particle)

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