営 – camp, perform, build

12 strokesTaught in grade 5#303 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 営 means camp, perform, build, conduct (business). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エイ (ei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いとな.む、いとな.み (itonamu, itonami). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エイ	ei
Kun’yomi	いとな.む	itonamu
Kun’yomi	いとな.み	itonami

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・尚・冖・ノ.

Words using 営

営業えいぎょうbusiness経営けいえいmanagement営むいとなむto run (a business)運営うんえいmanagement

Example sentences

営業の者と話をしてみました。

I talked with our sales people.

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そのホテルは彼の叔父によって経営されている。

The hotel is run by his uncle.

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その島には漁業を営む人たちが住んでいた。

The island was inhabited by a fishing people.

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Kanji with the same radical

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