宛 – address, just like, fortunately

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N3 vocabulary

The kanji 宛 means address, just like, fortunately. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エン (en); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あ.てる、-あて、-づつ、あたか.も (ateru, ate, zutsu, atakamo). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エン	en
Kun’yomi	あ.てる	ateru
Kun’yomi	-あて	ate
Kun’yomi	-づつ	zutsu
Kun’yomi	あたか.も	atakamo

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: 宀 (Kangxi radical 40). Components: 夕・卩・宀.

Words using 宛

宛てるあてるto address宛名あてなname and address (on an envelope, etc.)宛あてaim

Example sentences

同一差出人から同一受取人に宛てて郵袋という、文字通り袋に印刷物を入れて郵送します。

A mailbag from a single sender addressed to one recipient, as the name suggests, is for delivering a bag of printed matter.

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この手紙は宛名が違っている。

This letter is wrongly addressed.

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Kanji with the same radical

定実家安官容宅害宮審守察室客完富

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