Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
banquet, feast, party
Kun:
うたげ
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1675 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 宴 【ウタゲ】 party, banquet, feast
  • 宴会 【エンカイ】 party, banquet, reception, feast, dinner
  • 饗宴 【キョウエン】 feast, banquet
  • 開宴 【カイエン】 opening of a banquet, opening of a wedding reception

Kun reading compounds

  • 宴 【うたげ】 party, banquet, feast
  • 花見の宴 【はなみのうたげ】 cherry blossom viewing party

Readings

Japanese names:
うた、 やす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan4
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • banquete
  • fiesta

Portuguese

  • banquete
  • festa

French

  • banquet
  • fête
  • réception (party)
  • repos
1025 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1304 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1304 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1301 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1211 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1437 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
640 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
650 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
849 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
479 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2825 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1456 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1961 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
194 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7166 Morohashi
2271 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1332 New Nelson (John Haig)
191 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
203 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1324 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
769 2001 Kanji
3m7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
3040.4 Four corner code
1-17-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bb4 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
  • 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
  • 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
  • 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
  • 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
  • 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
  • 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
  • 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
  • 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
  • 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4, kuai4
Korean:
hoe, goe, gwal

Spanish

  • asociación
  • reunión
  • encontrarse con
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • encontro
  • reunião
  • festa
  • associação
  • entrevista
  • une

French

  • réunion
  • rencontre
  • meeting
  • parti
  • association
  • entrevue
  • rejoindre
54 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
93 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
87 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
12 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
381 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
116 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
454 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
158 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
158 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
47 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2512 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1275 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1741 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
759 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
460 Morohashi
2020 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143 New Nelson (John Haig)
752 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
814 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
16 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
119 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2871 2001 Kanji
2a4.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
8073.1 Four corner code
1-18-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f1a Unicode hex code