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Kanji Detail for 営 - "to operate, camp"

営

  • Meaning

    営 means "to operate, camp." Also associated with to engage.

    1. Operate - To manage a business; to run an enterprise.

    2. Engage - To work at; to be occupied with.

    3. Camp - A military encampment; a base of operations.

    4. Plan - To prepare; to organize in advance.

  • Words using 営

    • 経営 けいえい Listen management; administration; operation
    • 営業 えいぎょう Listen business; trade; operations
    • 運営 うんえい Listen management; administration; operation
    • 国営 こくえい Listen government management; state management
    • 陣営 じんえい Listen camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp
    • 経営者 けいえいしゃ Listen manager; proprietor
    • 民営 みんえい Listen private management
    • 営業所 えいぎょうしょ Listen business office; place of business

  • Tattoo check: 営

    • Verified meaning: to operate, camp
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to engage

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    camp; perform; build; conduct (business)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    encampment, barracks; manage

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 營|营

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ei(エイ) エイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    itona.mi(いとな-み) いとな-み

    itona.mu(いとな-む) いとな-む

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)⺍ (tsu・tsukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    to operate to engage camp plan manage conduct administer business control direct enterprise govern guide handle lead maintain military organize oversee run

Sentences including 営

  • What hours is it open?

  • Father manages the store.

  • He carried on business for many years.

  • What are the business hours?

  • Earlier in his life , he ran a hotel.

  • Who runs the show?

  • He is the manager of a hotel.

  • He has done this for profit.

  • He did the work on his own.

  • He managed the company while his father was ill.

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