Joy in Japanese Calligraphy — 11 Hand-Brushed Designs

喜び yorokobi Joy

The Japanese word 喜び also means "Delight" and "Pleasure" and is commonly written with the hiragana bi as in 喜び (read yorokobi). It may also be written with just kanji as 喜 (read yorokobi) and finally in hiragana alone as よろこび. Despite the different look, the meaning for all three is exactly the same.

Joy (yorokobi) is also used to translate the meaning of the name Joy.

Joy (喜び) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Joy 喜び yorokobi Vertical Block VB1C

Joy 喜び yorokobi Vertical Block VB2C

Joy (喜び) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Joy 喜び yorokobi Vertical Cursive VC1B

Joy 喜び yorokobi Vertical Cursive VC2B

Joy (喜び) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Joy 喜び yorokobi Vertical Design VD2B

Joy (喜び) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Joy 喜び yorokobi Vertical Semi-Cursive VS2C

Joy 喜び yorokobi Vertical Semi-Cursive VS2D

Joy 喜び yorokobi Vertical Semi-Cursive VS3C

Joy (喜び) in Hiragana style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Joy 喜び yorokobi Vertical Hiragana VH3A

Joy 喜び yorokobi Vertical Hiragana VH3B

Joy 喜び yorokobi Horizontal Semi-Cursive HS2A

About the Designs

Each design is Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase's hand-brushed calligraphy of the word or phrase on this page, delivered as a PDF you can print. Every PDF includes the line art, so a tattoo artist or a craftsperson can work from the outline as well as the brushed image.

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