Kanji

穎

Meaning

heads of grain and cleverness

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • ほさき
  • のぎ

On'yomi

  • えい さい genius
  • えい awn
  • えい ご intelligent

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/16

Related Entries

穎 えい
awn, glume

Component Analysis

穎
heads of grain, cleverness
ほさき, のぎ, エイ
匕
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
さじ, ヒ
禾
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
いね, カ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
木
tree, wood
き, こ-, ボク
頁
page, leaf
ぺえじ, おおがい, ケツ
貝
shellfish
かい, バイ
目
eye, class, look...
め, -め, モク
八
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
や, や.つ, ハチ

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