8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade
JLPT exam level N1

flourishing, successful, beautiful, vigorous

Kun'yomi
  • かがや
  • うつくし
  • さかん
On'yomi
  • オウ
  • キョウ
  • ゴウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

オウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

flourishing, successful, beautiful
オウ キョウ ゴウ (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)

Common Words

lively ②full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.)
being full of energy (drive, motivation, vitality)
morale being very high
Oubunsha (publisher)
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References

Unicode hex code 65FA
JIS X 0208 1-18-2
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2104
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2427
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1061
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 573
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 757
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2450
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 278
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 620
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 13774
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2087
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 2058
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4c4.2
Four corner code 6101.4