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叡 — Intelligence

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary school
intelligence, imperial
On’yomiエイ (ei)
Kun’yomiあきらか (akiraka)

Stroke order (16 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 叡

WordReadingMeaning
比叡山ひえいざん
hieizan
Mt. Hiei (in Kyoto)

Study notes

叡 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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