英 – England, English, hero

8 strokesTaught in grade 4#430 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 英 means England, English, hero, outstanding, calyx. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エイ (ei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はなぶさ (hanabusa). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エイ	ei
Kun’yomi	はなぶさ	hanabusa

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: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: ノ・艾・大・冖.

Words using 英

英語えいごEnglish (language)英文えいぶんEnglish writing英和えいわEnglish-Japanese和英わえいJapanese-English英字えいじEnglish letter英雄えいゆうhero

Example sentences

アメリカでは英語を話します。

They speak English in America.

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僕は学生の頃日記を英文でつけていたものだ。

I used to keep a diary in English when I was a student.

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英雄も従者にはただの人。

No man is a hero to his valet.

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Kanji with the same radical

葉落若蔵花苦薬芸葬著草薄芝薦華荒

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.