Kanji meanings › Brilliance
Kanji for Brilliance
The kanji for “brilliance” is 英, read ei and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
brilliance
Outstanding talent, the kind that stands out from the crowd. Also the first character of “hero.”
8 strokes On reading エイ (ei) Kun reading はなぶさ (hanabusa) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: England, English, hero, outstanding, calyx
Readings used for names on Nazuke: e, ei, hide
In Japan it appears in about 1,363 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 英: Amy 英実 · Chase 知英寿 · Jacob 慈英湖歩 · James 慈英夢寿 · Jamie 慈英実 · Jason 慈英尊 · Shane 詩英 · Adrian 英道里安 · Abe 英歩 · Ava 英羽 · Abel 英恵瑠 · Adan 英暖 and 267 more
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