誉 – reputation, praise, honor

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1064 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 誉 means reputation, praise, honor, glory. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨ (yo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほま.れ、ほ.める (homare, homeru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨ	yo
Kun’yomi	ほま.れ	homare
Kun’yomi	ほ.める	homeru

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: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 一・言・尚・并.

Words using 誉

名誉めいよhonor

Example sentences

招待された事は大変な名誉です。

It is a great honor to be invited.

Tatoeba #146450

これは我が校の名誉にかかわる問題だ。

The problem affects the prestige of our school.

Tatoeba #218476

大学は彼に名誉学位を与えた。

The college bestowed an honorary degree on him.

Tatoeba #137630

Kanji with the same radical

議言調話設記認論計談語証説護警訪

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