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宴

宴 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 燕飲。
  2. 酒盛りする。
  3. 楽しむ。
  4. 安んずる。くつろぐ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「宀」 + 音符「妟」。「うたげ」を意味する漢語｛宴｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

banquet, feast, party

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エンJHS
Kun (native)
  • うたげ
Nanori (used in names)
  • うた
  • やす
Other languages
  • 拼音yan4
  • 한글yeon
  • Hán-ViệtYến

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
宀(うかんむり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5BB4

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱宀妟

Words using this kanji

  • 宴うたげ（うたげ、エン）宴会。酒宴。party, banquet, feast
  • 宴会えんかい祝い事に際して、飲食をともにし懇親を深める会合。特に酒席である場合を言う。party, banquet, reception, feast
  • 宴席えんせき宴会の席。banquet, dinner party
  • 宴えん（うたげ、エン）宴会。酒宴。banquet, party, feast
  • 宴遊えんゆう酒宴を開き遊興すること。drinking party hall, banquet seat
  • 宴楽えんらくmerrymaking, partying
  • 宴会場えんかいじょうbanquet hall
  • 宴を張るえんをはるto give a dinner party, to hold a banquet
  • 宴会政治えんかいせいじpoliticking by wining and dining
  • 宴もたけなわえんもたけなわparty in full swing, party at its peak

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-7
Four Corner
3040.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3m7.3
Heisig
203
Nelson
1304