羨 – envious, be jealous, covet

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N3 vocabulary

The kanji 羨 means envious, be jealous, covet. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セン、エン (sen, en); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うらや.む、あまり (urayamu, amari). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 羊 (no. 123).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セン	sen
On’yomi	エン	en
Kun’yomi	うらや.む	urayamu
Kun’yomi	あまり	amari

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: 羊 (Kangxi radical 123). Components: 王・欠・汁・并・羊.

Words using 羨

羨ましいうらやましいenvious羨むうらやむto envy

Example sentences

あなたがとても羨ましい。

I envy you so much.

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Kanji with the same radical

義美群羊

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