艷 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

「豔」の旁を「色」に置き換えた中国南北朝時代の俗字。「豔」については豔#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

luster, glaze, polish, charm, colorful, captivating

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

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

Basics

Strokes
24 strokes
Radical
色(いろ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8277

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰豐色

Words using this kanji

  • 艷冶えんやcharming, bewitching, coquettish

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(1 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-18-6
Four Corner
2711.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d16.3
Nelson
3891