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誉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

「譽」の略体。「譽」については譽#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

reputation, praise, honor, glory

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヨJHS
Kun (native)
  • ほま(れ)JHS
  • ほ(める)
Nanori (used in names)
  • え
  • たか
  • たけ
  • ほまれ
  • ほめ
  • ほん
Other languages
  • 拼音yu4
  • 한글ye
  • Hán-ViệtDự

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

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8A89

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱兴言

Words using this kanji

  • 誉れほまれ「ほまれ」の漢字表記。honour, honor, glory, renown
  • 誉望よぼう名誉と声望。honor, honour
  • 誉むほむto praise, to commend, to laud
  • 誉れ高いほまれたかいrenowned, famous
  • 誉むべきほむべきpraiseworthy, commendable, laudable

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(44 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-9
Four Corner
9060.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3n10.1
Heisig
2089
Nelson
4353