怡 yí
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 台 platform
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
怡然自得
yíránzìdé
content and at ease; pleased with oneself
Characters in this word
然 rán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 肰 dog meat 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 爷爷坐在院子里喝茶看报，一副怡然自得的样子。 Yéye zuò zài yuànzi lǐ hē chá kàn bào, yī fù yíránzìdé de yàngzi. Grandpa sits in the courtyard drinking tea and reading the paper, looking completely content.
- 假期里她在乡下画画、散步，日子过得怡然自得。 Jiàqī lǐ tā zài xiāngxià huà huà, sànbù, rìzi guò de yíránzìdé. During the holiday she paints and takes walks in the countryside, living in quiet contentment.
- 小狗躺在阳光下打盹，显得怡然自得。 Xiǎo gǒu tǎng zài yángguāng xià dǎdǔn, xiǎn de yíránzìdé. The puppy dozes in the sunshine, looking perfectly at ease.