艶 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

「艷」の略体。「艷」については艷#字源および豔#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

glossy, luster, glaze, polish, charm, colorful, captivating

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エンHS
Kun (native)
  • つやJHS
  • なま(めかしい)
  • あで(やか)
  • つや(めく)
  • なま(めく)
Nanori (used in names)
  • もろ
  • よし
Other languages
  • 拼音yan4
  • 한글yeom
  • Hán-ViệtDiễm

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

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
色(いろ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8276

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰豊色

Words using this kanji

  • つや滑らかな物の表面から出る穏やかな光。光沢。 若々しく張りがあること。 話などに加わる面白みや味わい。gloss, luster, lustre, shine
  • 艶々つやつやglossy, bright, slick
  • えんcharming, fascinating, voluptuous
  • 艶事つやごとlove affair, romance
  • 艶種つやだねlove affair, love rumour, love rumor
  • 艶書えんしょ恋文。ラブレター。love letter, billet-doux
  • 艶姿あですがた艶かしい姿。charming figure, alluring figure
  • 艶美えんび艶やかで美しいこと。また、そのようなさま。sensuously beautiful, seductively beautiful, voluptuous
  • 艶聞えんぶん恋愛や情事などに関するうわさ。rumour of a love affair, talk of a romance
  • 艶物つやものlove story
  • 艶笑えんしょう艶やかに笑うこと。 おかしみのある性的な描写。seductive smile, erotic humor
  • 艶然えんぜんにっこりするさま。sweetly smiling, like the smiling of a beauty, gracious
  • 艶福えんぷく(男性が)多くの女性にもてて慕われること。success in love
  • 艶麗えんれい容姿や表現が艶やかで美しいこと。dazzling (beauty)
  • 艶容えんよう女性などが艶やかでなまめかしい様子。charming look, fascinating figure
  • 艶文えんぶんlove-letter
  • 艶言えんげん男女の間のあだっぽい言葉。flirtation, seductive talk, erotic talk
  • 艶女えんじょglamorous woman, seductive woman
  • 艶金つやきんTsuyakin
  • 艶めくつやめくつやつやして見える。 色っぽく見える。to be glossy, to glisten, to shine with a luster, to be shiny

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(43 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-13-6
Four Corner
5711.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d16.3
Heisig
1892
Nelson
3890