Beautiful Woman
Meanings
Beautiful Woman, Princess
On'yomi
えん
Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.
Kun'yomi
ひめ
Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.
Stroke order
媛 is written in 12 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
About this kanji
媛 (Beautiful Woman) is taught on WaniKani at level 51 and appears in the JLPT N1 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese secondary school as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #1735 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 12 strokes.
Other kanji at WaniKani level 51
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