delight, joy
歓 centers on a feeling of happy satisfaction: delight and joy. It captures the emotional lift of something pleasant or welcome.
歓 is the modern simplified form of 歡. The older form combines 欠 (open mouth, expressing emotion) with 雚, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of joyful expression. The modern left side is a simplification of 雚.
The right side 欠 suggests an open mouth, and the left side looks like a complex figure. Picture a person with a wide-open mouth, laughing or cheering with delight and joy.
For カン, imagine a can of joy: when you open it, delight bursts out. Can -> カン, and the open mouth 欠 shows the happy reaction.
welcome; (warm) reception
delight; great joy
cheer; shout of joy
sharing pleasure (esp. of an intimate nature); sleeping together
silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
joy; enjoyment; delight; pleasure
hearty send-off
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district
pleasant talk; chat
exchange of courtesies (cordialities); fraternization; fraternisation
pleasure; fun; enjoyment
favour; favor
acclamation; jubilation
reception
silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
joys and sorrows; happiness and sadness
loud shout; excited cheering
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome