12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade
JLPT exam level N1

beautiful woman, princess

Kun'yomi
  • young lady of noble birth ②girl ③small ④prostitute
On'yomi
  • エン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ひめ 66.7%
エン 33.3%

Character Breakdown

beautiful woman, princess
ひめ エン (11th, N1)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
lead on to, therefore, then
エン ここ.に (Kentei 1)
paw radical
friend
とも ユウ う (2nd, N5)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)

Common Words

Ehime (prefecture)
literary woman
Ehime Prefecture (Shikoku)
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References

Unicode hex code 5A9B
JIS X 0208 1-41-18
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1238
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1244
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 688
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 413
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 519
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1950
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2100
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1828
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1868
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 6516X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2047
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1883
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1969
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3e9.4
Four corner code 4244.7