宴 – banquet, feast, party

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The kanji 宴 means banquet, feast, party. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エン (en); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うたげ (utage). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エン	en
Kun’yomi	うたげ	utage

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: 女・日・宀.

Words using 宴

宴会えんかいparty

Example sentences

宴会はたけなわだった。

The banquet was in full swing.

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Kanji with the same radical

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