Kanji
N1 14 strokes Grade 9 freq #1553

applaud, praise, esteem, happy, auspicious

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

mouth kuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

accepting with pleasure
Kagen era (1303.8.5-1306.12.14)
Kaetsu University
Kaetsu Girls' Junior High School
Kaetsu Women's Junior College
Kaetsu Girls' Senior High School
hakama fabric made from meisen silk
auspicious date
third lunar month
Kaei era (1848.2.28-1854.11.27)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use
to praise (someone of lower status); to extol

Example sentences

We'll go to Hong Kong first, and then we'll go to Singapore.

We decided on a trip to Singapore for our vacation.