EntryCommon
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    sweet (taste); luscious

    バラの花は満開よりも蕾の方が甘美である。
    A rose is sweeter in the bud than full blown.
  2. sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant; mellow; mellifluous

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sweet, coax, pamper, be content, sugary

Kun
あま.い、あま.える、あま.やかす、うま.い
On
カン
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1248 of 2500
Radical
sweet
WaniKani
Level 36

Built from

Used in names as

かも

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
4-5-2, 4-4-2SKIP code
0a5.32The Kanji Dictionary
4477.0Four corner code
1978deroo
7518Unicode hex code
1-20-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2988Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3710New Nelson (John Haig)
3494New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4306Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2176Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2930Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1757Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1894Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1212A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
207Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1333Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21643Morohashi
1093A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1492Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1591Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
738Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1052Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
345Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1325Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1773Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gan1Pinyin reading
gamKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
36WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beauty, beautiful

Kun
うつく.しい
On
ビ、ミ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
462 of 2500
Radical
sheep
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

はる、よし、よしみ、り

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-6, 2-6-3, 4-9-4SKIP code
2o7.4The Kanji Dictionary
8043.1Four corner code
963deroo
7f8eUnicode hex code
1-40-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3658Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4660New Nelson (John Haig)
2264New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2817Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1451Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1955Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
548Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
587Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
289A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
923Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
268Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
28435Morohashi
376A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
401Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
405Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
308sakade
833Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
398henshall3
343Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
339crowley
673Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.19busy_people
1566Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
554Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mei3Pinyin reading
miKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level