艶
艶 — Glossy
glossy, luster, glaze, polish, charm, colorful
On’yomiエン (en)
Kun’yomiつや (tsuya)
Kun’yomiなまめかしい (namamekashii)
Kun’yomiあでやか (adeyaka)
Kun’yomiつやめく (tsuyameku)
Kun’yomiなまめく (namameku)
Stroke order (19 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 艶
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艶 | つや tsuya | gloss; luster; lustre |
| 艶々 | つやつや tsuyatsuya | glossy; bright; slick |
| 妖艶 | ようえん youen | fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching |
Study notes
艶 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 19 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2207 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. 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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