Meaning
Pleasant, comfortable, cheerful, delightful — often used to describe feelings, sensations, or experiences that bring comfort or joy.
- 快感 — pleasant feeling
- 快適 — comfortable
- 快活 — cheerful, lively
- 愉快 — delightful, fun
- 明快 — clear and concise
快 is a 形声 (keisei) character. The left radical 忄 represents the heart or emotion, while the right part 夬 (pronounced クワイ in on-yomi) gives the sound. Together, they express feelings that uplift the heart — like pleasure or comfort.
このホテルは とても快適です。
This hotel is very comfortable.
彼は 快活な 性格です。
He has a cheerful personality.
快 is usually read as カイ in compound words like 快適 or 快感. The kun-yomi こころよい is more poetic or literary, often used in descriptive writing or classic expressions.