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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

1735 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: beautiful woman, princess

Kunyomi: ひめ

Onyomi: エン

Composition: 女 爰

媛

Radical

Radical: 女

Meaning: woman, female

Reading: おんな

Frequency: 681

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

女

Examples

Onyomi Examples

才媛 (サイエン) literary woman, talented woman

Kunyomi Examples

姫 (ひめ) young lady of noble birth, princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.), girl, small, cute, lesser (in names of species), prostitute

愛媛 (えひめ) Ehime (prefecture)

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