漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
栄: flourish, prosperity
Also: honor, glory, splendor
JLPT N29 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
- 𤇾(sound)
- 木tree(meaning)
木 carries the meaning · 𤇾 gives the sound
9 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Four readings, and the words that use each
エイei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 栄誉えいよhonor [n.]
- 栄光えいこうglory
- 栄養えいようnutrition, nourishment
- 栄枯盛衰えいこせいすいups and downs, vicissitudes
- 栄転するえいてんするtransfer with promotion [v.i.]
- 繁栄するはんえいするprosper, thrive
さかえるsakaeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 栄えるさかえるprosper, flourish
-ばえ-bae · kun'yomi
- 見栄えみばえlook, appearance
- 出来栄えできばえquality of finished product
はえるhaeru · kun'yomi
- 栄えるはえるlook better, look attractive
Also read ヨウ, はえ, え, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read エイ
11 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side栄 flourish · 𤇾
vs枕 pillow · 冘In ChineseSimplified 荣 · traditional 榮 · róng
Three different forms: Japanese 栄, simplified 荣, traditional 榮.
- Simplified
- 荣 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 榮 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin róng 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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