16 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

intelligence, imperial

Kun'yomi
  • あきらか
On'yomi
  • エイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

エイ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

intelligence, imperial
エイ あき.らか (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
intelligence, imperial
エイ あき.らか (Kentei 1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)

Common Words

Mt. Hiei (in Kyoto)
the emperor's instructions
emperor's approval
(in the) emperor's hearing
the emperor's personal inspection
the emperor's pleasure
Eiō (one of the eight major professional titles of shogi)
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References

Unicode hex code 53E1
JIS X 0208 1-17-35
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 865
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 683
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1910
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2405
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1223
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1684
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2905
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2914
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2555
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3214
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2032
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2h14.1
Four corner code 2764.0