Getting Emotional with the Kanji
Posted by harvey in Culture, Language on 03. Apr, 2009 | Comments Off
喜怒哀楽 (kidoairaku) This Japanese four-character phrase (四字熟語) roughly means, “the range of human emotions.” Individually the characters mean… 喜 – happiness 怒 – anger 哀 – sorrow/pity (Love this kanji, it’s used in 哀れ. Very Japanese.) 楽 – pleasure Together, these characters express the entire range of feelings that a person might have. I can’t [...]
