Kanji
N1 13 strokes Grade 8 freq #1192

gracious, elegant, graceful, refined

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

short-tail bird furutori

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

elegant; graceful
gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music
elegant (literary) style
alias; pseudonym
artistry; good taste
elegant or refined style
individual of taste
refined; elegant
refined; dignified
blending of the classical and colloquial styles

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

refinement; elegance
elegant and refined man

Example sentences

He fashioned an elegant pot out of clay.

The spectators were moved by her graceful performance.