Taxonomy of meanings for 愉:　　

  • 愉 yú (OC: lo MC: jio) 羊朱切 平 廣韻：【恱也和也樂也 】
    • HAPPY
      • vibe mildly happy; be amused; be happily at ease; feel contentment
      • vtoNfind amusing
      • vt+prep+Nfeel mildly happy with; feel happily at ease with
      • vi.redintensitiveshow mild happiness
      • nabpsychhappiness
      • vtoNcausativecause to be amused
      • vadNhappy
      • vi.redbe all at ease and happy; be completely relaxed
      • visubject=nonhumancausing happiness> be amusing, be profoundly pleasant
    • HOSPITALITY
      • PEACEFUL
        • vibe mildly happy and unperturbedCH
      • = 歈
      • = 俞

      Additional information about 愉

      說文解字: 【愉】，薄也。从心、俞聲。《論語》曰：私覿愉愉如也。 【羊朱切】 〔小徐本此字次於「㥒」字之後。〕

        Criteria
      • DELIGHT

        1. The general current word referring to the purely psychological notion of a transitory or temporary feeling of pleasure or delight is yuè 悅 (ant. yùn 慍 "feel intensely dissatisfied with, feel offended by").

        2. The equally current lè 樂 (ant. āi 哀 "grief") adds to yuè 悅 the dimensions of practical indulgence, psychological and often philosophical depth, and - very often - a dimension of joy that can be shared and appreciated by others, and that is typically lasting if not permanent. See ENJOY

        3. Xǐ 喜 (ant. yōu 憂 "worry") is openly manifested delight, manifested in an individual, visible to all, but not normally of any profound significance.

        4. Huān 歡 (ant. bēi 悲 "sadness" and chóu 愁 "worried sadness") refers to sociable temporary high spirits, not only visible to many but normally shared by a group.

        5. Kuài 快 refers to momentary elation related to or intense satisfaction with a concrete situation.

        6. Xīn 欣 refers to grateful delight in what is designed to gratify one's desires.

        7. Yú 娛 is often causative "give pleasure to", and when intransitive the word refers to a mild feeling of well-being and gratification, very close to yú 愉 "mild delight".

        8. Yí 怡 refers to a kind of open unhidden dignified satisfaction.

      • HAPPY

        1. Fú 福 (ant. huò 禍 "misfortune") is the most common noun for material good fortune and well-being.

        2. Lè 樂 refers specifically to happiness as a rewarding inward state.

        3. Huān 歡 / 驩 / 懽 refers to a sometimes transitory form of sociable and communicative happiness.

        4. Xǐ 喜 typically refers to happiness as a response to something.

        5. Yú 愉 / 媮 refers to happy contentment with things as they are.

        6. Kuài 快 refers to a transient, acute state of happiness.

        7. Yú 娛 (ant yo1u 憂 "worry") typically refers to indulgent happiness with thing as they are.

        8. Yì 懌 is an ancient poetic word referring to dignified contentment, and the word became current in the negative 不懌 "be displeased".

        9. Yí 怡 is a fairly rare elevated poetic word referring to the state of being pleased, contented, and thus happy.

        10. Ān 安 can refer to happy peace of mind.

        11. Yuè 悅 can come to refer to a happy state of contentment with what happens to one or around one.

        12. Xìng 幸 "luck" can refer to to a serendipitously found state of happiness.

        13. Qìng 慶 is an archaic way of referring to material as well as psychological well-being.

        14. Kāng 康 is an archaic way of referring to material and physical well-being.

      • ANGUISH

        [IMPERSONAL/PERSONAL]

        [PRECISE/VAGUE]

        [POETIC/PROSAIC]

        [LASTING/TRANSITORY]

        1. Jí 疾 (ant. kuài 快 "be delighted") is acute temporary or momentary anguish directed at a definite cause of dissatisfaction. See also HATE.

        [PRECISE], [TRANSITORY]

        2. Yùn 慍 (ant. yú 愉 "feel generally pleased") is lingering or lasting somewhat milder and more diffuse dissatisfaction or anguish. See ANGER. The distinction is miserably uncertain in many contexts.

        [OVERT], [LASTING]

        3. Fèn 憤 "pent-up dissatisfaction and resentment" (ant.* chàng 暢 "vent one's feelings freely" is not a regular antonym that is stylistically acceptable in parallelism) can be a general feeling of dissatisfaction without any concrete person to be dissatisfied about. See also ANGER.

        [COVERT], [IMPERSONAL], [INTENSE], [LASTING]

        4. Chàng 悵 (ant. xīn rán 欣然 "be pleased with oneself") is poetic and intensely personal without being directed at any particular person, and involves a strong element of despondency.

        [INTENSE], [IMPERSONAL], [LASTING], [POETIC]; [[RARE]]

        Word relations
      • Ant: (HAPPY)憂/WORRY The current general term for all sorts of troubled states of mind, as well as reasons for such states of mind, is yōu 憂 (ant. xǐ 喜 "be well pleased" and lè 樂 "feel deep joy"), and this word may freely refer to troublesome matters of the present or of the future, and the word typiccally refers to a termporary state of hightened awareness of what is troublesome and concern about what should be done about it.
      • Assoc: (HAPPY)恬/PEACEFUL Tián 恬 and dàn 淡 (all ant. dòng dàng 動蕩 "be all over the place) refer to serenity in an individual as cultivated, notoriously, by the Taoists.