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奄

奄 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 上からかぶせる。
  2. 大いに。
  3. 悉く。
  4. 忽ち。にわかに。
  5. 留まることが長い。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「盍」の略体+音符「甲」。「おおう」を意味する漢語｛掩｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

cover, suffocate, obstruct

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エン
Kun (native)
  • おお(う)
  • たちまち
Nanori (used in names)
  • あま
Other languages
  • 拼音yan3
  • 拼音yan1
  • 한글eom
  • Hán-ViệtYểm
  • Hán-ViệtYêm

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
女(おんな)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5944

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱大电

Words using this kanji

  • 奄々えんえんgasping
  • 奄美雀鯛アマミスズメダイstout chromis (Chromis chrysura)
  • 奄美棘鼠アマミトゲネズミRyukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
  • 奄美の黒兎あまみのくろうさぎAmami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), Ryukyu rabbit
  • 奄美鼻先蛙あまみはなさきがえるAmami tip-nosed frog (Odorrana amamiensis)
  • 奄美星空河豚アマミホシゾラフグwhite-spotted pufferfish (Torquigener albomaculosus)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(7 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-5
Four Corner
4071.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a8.10
Heisig
2212
Nelson
1173