漢字城 Kanji Fortress

英 English

Also: brilliant

On'yomi
エイ
Strokes
8
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 4

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
英 is written in 8 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A flower of grass blooming right in the center of the garden — the brilliant one, the pick of the bunch, like the English rose.

A common word

  • 英語 えいご English

Example sentences

  • まいにち、えいごをべんきょうしています。

    I study English every day.

  • かのじょはえいごでてがみをかいた。

    She wrote a letter in English.

Kanji that share a part

艹 is its radical. 81 kanji share it in all.