harmony

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

台 sound component

  Sound component

tái

  

platform

Evolution

怡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
怡 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
怡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

harmony; pleasure, joy; be glad; pleased

Most common words with 怡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

harmony

章子怡

Zhang Ziyi (1979-), PRC actress

张怡宁

Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist

心旷神怡

lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom); carefree and relaxed

怡然自得

happy and content (idiom)