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漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

謁: audience, audience (with king)

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 曷 gives the sound

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

エツetsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 謁えつaudience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
  • 謁見えっけんaudience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
  • 内謁ないえつprivate audience

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Also read エツ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
謁 audience · 曷
vs諧 harmony · 皆
謁 has 曷 where 諧 has 皆.
In ChineseSimplified 谒 · traditional, as in Japanese · yè

Japan keeps the traditional form 謁; mainland China simplifies it to 谒.

Simplified
谒 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
謁 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yè 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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