JLPT N2 · 12 strokes
Kanji 営: "camp, perform, build"
The kanji 営 means "camp, perform, build, conduct (business)". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read エイ in on'yomi and いとな.む, いとな.み in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
エイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いとな.むいとな.み
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | camp, perform, build, conduct (business) |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 303 of 2,501 |
Common words with 営
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 経営management; administration; operation; running (a business)
- 営業business; trade; operations · sales
- 運営management; administration; operation
- 営むto run (a business); to operate; to conduct; to practice (law, medicine, etc.) · to carry out; to perform; to lead (a life)
- 陣営camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party) · military camp; encampment; cantonment
- 経営者manager; proprietor
- 野営camping; campground; making camp
- 営みactivity; action; performance; execution · occupation; business; work
- 設営setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
- 野営地camp site; campground
- 営業時間business hours; opening hours; office hours
- 営業部sales department
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