恵 – favor, blessing, grace

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#925 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 恵 means favor, blessing, grace, kindness. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケイ、エ (kei, e); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is めぐ.む、めぐ.み (megumu, megumi). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケイ	kei
On’yomi	エ	e
Kun’yomi	めぐ.む	megumu
Kun’yomi	めぐ.み	megumi

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: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 一・心・田.

Words using 恵

知恵ちえwisdom恩恵おんけいgrace恵まれるめぐまれるto be blessed with恵みめぐみblessing恵むめぐむto bless

Example sentences

彼は知恵のある人だ。

He is a man of wisdom.

Tatoeba #102248

オーストラリア人は全体として政治システムが安定していることによる恩恵に満足している。

Australians are, on the whole, pleased with the stabilizing benefits of their political system.

Tatoeba #227786

私は健康に恵まれている。

I am blessed with good health.

Tatoeba #157312

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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