Joy in Japanese Calligraphy — 11 Hand-Brushed Designs

喜び (yorokobi)

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.

Verify: 喜び in the Japanese-English Dictionary

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

Joy 喜び yorokobi Block Vertical VB1C

Joy 喜び yorokobi Block Vertical VB2C

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

Joy 喜び yorokobi Cursive Vertical VC1B

Joy 喜び yorokobi Cursive Vertical VC2B

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

Joy 喜び yorokobi Design Vertical VD2B

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

Joy 喜び yorokobi Semi-Cursive Vertical VS2C

Joy 喜び yorokobi Semi-Cursive Vertical VS2D

Joy 喜び yorokobi Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3C

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

Joy 喜び yorokobi Hiragana Vertical VH3A

Joy 喜び yorokobi Hiragana Vertical VH3B

Joy 喜び yorokobi Semi-Cursive Horizontal 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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