栄 – flourish, prosperity, honor

9 strokesTaught in grade 4#920 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 栄 means flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エイ、ヨウ (ei, you); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さか.える、は.え、-ば.え、は.える、え (sakaeru, hae, bae, haeru, e). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エイ	ei
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
Kun’yomi	さか.える	sakaeru
Kun’yomi	は.え	hae
Kun’yomi	-ば.え	bae
Kun’yomi	は.える	haeru
Kun’yomi	え	e

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: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 尚・木・冖.

Words using 栄

栄養えいようnutrition繁栄はんえいprosperity栄えるさかえるto prosper

Example sentences

この魚は安くてしかも栄養がある。

This fish is inexpensive but nourishing.

Tatoeba #222368

繁栄は勤勉にかかっている。

Prosperity depends on hard work.

Tatoeba #121195

善人必ずしも栄える者でない。

Not all good men will prosper.

Tatoeba #140915

Kanji with the same radical

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