Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

媛: beautiful woman, princess

JLPT N112 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

女 carries the meaning · 爰 is drawn in

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

エンen · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 才媛さいえんliterary woman; talented woman

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 愛媛えひめEhime (prefecture)
  • 愛媛県えひめけんEhime Prefecture (Shikoku)

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

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“Grace and strength! This is the radical of the feminine, representing mothers, daughters, and the many roles women have played throughout history.”
More in the 女 woman story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
女

Also built on woman (女)

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爰

Also built on 爰

Also read エン

23 kanji share this on'yomiAll 23

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
媛 beautiful woman · 女
vs援 abet · 扌
媛 has 女 where 援 has 扌.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yuàn

Same form: 媛 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
媛 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
媛 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yuàn 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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