Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

誉: reputation, praise

Also: honor, glory

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · ⺍ and 八 are drawn in

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ヨyo · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 名誉めいよ
  • 栄誉えいよ
  • 不名誉ふめいよdishonor; dishonour; disgrace
  • 名誉職めいよしょくhonorary position
  • 栄誉礼えいよれいsalute from a guard of honor

ほまれhomare · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 誉れほまれhonour; honor; glory

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

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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⺍

Also built on katakana Tsu (⺍)

All 9
八

Also built on eight (八)

All 23
言

Also built on speech (言)

All 72

Also read ヨ

5 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
誉 reputation · ⺍ + 八
vs訳 translate · 尺
誉 has ⺍ + 八 where 訳 has 尺.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 譽 · yù

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 誉. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 譽.

Simplified
誉 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
譽 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yù 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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