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Reading

Kana: エン
Romaji: en
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

performance, act, play, render, stage

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  267
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  1-3-11
Korean Reading:  yeon
Chinese Reading:  yan3
Unicode:  6f14
JIS:  3169

Indexes

Halpern Index: 697
Nelson Index: 2685
New Nelson Index: 3310
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a11.13
Four Corner Index: 3318.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 621
Gakken Index: 222
Japanese Names Index: 2079
Daikanwanjiten Index: 18130
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0216
Remembering the kanji Index: 2007
Kanji Way Index: 413
Kanji Flashcards Index: 708
Kodansha Compact Index: 1239
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 650
Kanji in Context Index: 616
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 491
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 630
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 2026
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2163
Essential Kanji Index: 806
Kodansha Kanji Index: 855
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 361
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 553
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 785

Words

出演 (しゅつえん)
performance; stage appearance; to act (in a play)
主演 (しゅえん)
starring; playing the leading part
演奏 (えんそう)
musical performance
演じる (えんじる)
to perform (a play); to play (a part); to act (a part); to commit (a blunder)
演技 (えんぎ)
acting; performance
演出 (えんしゅつ)
production (e.g. play); direction
公演 (こうえん)
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
共演 (きょうえん)
appearing together; co-acting; co-starring
演劇 (えんげき)
drama; theatre; theater; play
講演 (こうえん)
lecture; address; speech
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