Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2207 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 19

Meaning: glossy, luster, glaze, polish, charm, colorful, captivating

Kunyomi: つや なま.めかしい あで.やか つや.めく なま.めく

Onyomi: エン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: colour, prettiness

Examples

Onyomi Examples

エン charming, fascinating, voluptuous

演歌 エンカ enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour

ヨウエン fascinating, voluptuous, bewitching, captivating

セイエン weirdly beautiful

Kunyomi Examples

つや gloss, luster, lustre, shine, sheen, polish, mellowness (of a voice), youthfulness (e.g. of skin), interest, appeal, charm, color, colour, feeling, romance, love, sexiness

つやつや glossy, bright, slick

つやつや glossy, bright, slick

かしい なまめかしい charming, captivating, bewitching, seductive, coquettish

やか あでやか glamorous, charming, beguiling, bewitching, beautiful, fascinatingly elegant

めく つやめく (for an object) to be shiny, to be glossy, (for a woman) to be alluring, to look sexy

めく なまめく to brim over with feminine charm, to look captivating (of a woman), to be sexy, to be seductive, to be enticing, to look young and fresh, to be elegant, to look refined, to have a calm and composed appearance