Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

叡: intelligence, imperial

JLPT N116 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

又 carries the meaning · 睿 is drawn in

16 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

エイei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 比叡山ひえいざんMt. Hiei (in Kyoto)
  • 叡感えいかんemperor's approval
  • 叡旨えいしthe emperor's instructions

Also read あきらか, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Once more, with intent! This radical represents the tireless action of the right hand and the core concept of repetition.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 睿 · traditional, as in Japanese · ruì

Japan keeps the traditional form 叡; mainland China simplifies it to 睿.

Simplified
睿 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
叡 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin ruì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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