The kanji 媛: meaning, readings and stroke order

媛

Meaning: beautiful lady, princess
On reading: エン en
Kun reading: ひめ hime
Strokes: 12
Radical: 女 woman, female
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cô gái đẹp, công chúa (viện)
Japanese: うつくしいおんなのひと。ひめ。
Korean: 아름다운 여인, 공주 (원)
Chinese: 美女、公主

Readings, words and example sentences

エン en · on reading · less common

才さい媛えん
a talented, clever woman
母は 才さい媛えんとよばれていました。
My mom was known as a very talented woman.

ひめ hime · kun reading

愛え媛ひめ
Ehime Prefecture
愛え媛ひめはみかんで有名です。
Ehime is famous for its mandarin oranges.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.