誉 — reputation, praise, honor

ほめる誉 reputation

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

U+8A89 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1064 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2089 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

reputation
praise
honor
glory

word

ほ ho Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

誉(ほ) める homeru to praise

よ yo On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

名(めい) 誉(よ) meiyo honor

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

ちいさい小 little #42

はち八 eight #12

げん言 say #149

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#149 言 speech