Kanji
N1 19 strokes Grade 8 freq #1758

lovely, beautiful, graceful, resplendent

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

deer shika

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

splendid; magnificent
Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Koryŏ
fluent; flowing
magnificent; grand
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
pretty; lovely
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
smooth and refreshing (of sake); light with a clean finish
common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus); ring-necked pheasant
Koryo dynasty tea bowl

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

beautiful; lovely
The Great (e.g. in film and book titles); The Grand
once and for all; completely
there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn

Example sentences

The queen was wearing a magnificent silver dress.

They could hear the elegant, flowing sound of a harp coming from somewhere.

The king was famous for his splendid palace.

The claim of community involvement is just window dressing; City Hall will do what it wants to anyhow.