英 - distinguished, England

Kanji

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Meaning

distinguished, England

Onyomi

エイ

Kunyomi

n/a

Radical

くさかんむり

grass

Strokes

Grade

Kodansha

1427

Classic Nelson

3927

Hint

Country where tea Image of kanji fragment

is central 央.

Kanji alive

Examples

英語（えいご）

English language

英国（えいこく）

England

英国人（えいこくじん）

English person

英会話（えいかいわ）

English conversation

英和辞典（えいわじてん）

English-Japanese dictionary

英雄（えいゆう）

hero

Please see our User Guide for detailed explanations of all of Kanji alive's features or watch our short demonstration videos. If you are having technical difficulties, please refer to our Troubleshooting page.

詳細は、メニューの「日本語」内にある使用説明とトラブルシューティングをご参照ください。

Navigation

Detail view navigation: action, and how to do it
Next/Previous kanji	Use the Left arrow and Right arrow keys or click on the left and right single pointed brackets in the top navigation bar
Toggle kanji animation/typeface	Use the Up arrow or Down arrow keys or click on the large image of the kanji.
Next/Previous typeface	Use the `Shift` + Left arrow and `Shift` + Right arrow keys or click on the left and right single pointed brackets next to the name of the typeface
Return to Search	Click on the text of the current search term on the far left of the navigation bar

Note: The order in which kanji appear in the detail view when selecting the next or previous kanji is dependant on the sort mode previously chosen in the search view.

Other Interactive Elements

Interactive elements: element, and how to use it
Play/Pause kanji animation	Use the `spacebar` or click on the play/pause icon in the center of the kanji animation controls.
Next/Previous stroke	Use the `Shift` + Left arrow or `Shift` + Right arrow keys, click the previous and next stroke icons on each side of the play/pause icon or move your mouse cursor over the stroke breakdown images.
Radical animation	Use the `Shift` + `r` keys or click on the image on the far right of the radical field to view an animation illustrating the radical's historical derivation.
Examples	Move your mouse cursor over a Japanese word in the Examples field to reveal its English meaning. Click on the play icon to the right of each example to hear its pronunciation.

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