焉 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. 助字。「于是」「於此」と同義のため、文末に置いて比較の表現に使われる事が多いが、おおむね、やや意味が軽くなり語気を示す程度で、置き字とされる事が多い。→ 例文
2. いずくんぞ。いずくんか。文頭か主語の後に置いて疑問文を作る。「安」「悪」などと同義。「奚」「寧」なども使われる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

「於」＋「是」の合字。「ここにおいて・すなわち」や疑問詞「いずくんぞ（｛安｝）」を意味する漢語｛焉｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

how, why, then

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• エン

Kun (native)

• いずく(んぞ)
• ここに
• これ

Other languages

• 拼音yan1
• 한글eon
• Hán-ViệtYên
• Hán-ViệtDiên

infoBasics

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

火(ひ)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+7109

grid_viewComponents

• 一いち
• 灬れっか
• 止とめる

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱正⿹⿺㇉一灬

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• 舃One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-5-6

Four Corner

1032.7

Spahn–Hadamitzky

4d7.3

Nelson

60