manage / operate
N3- Onyomi
- エイ
- Kunyomi
- いとな(む)
- Stroke count
- 12
- JLPT
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Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Picture a document marked with an official stamp: that is what 営 means — manage / operate. Now find the part that anchors it in the character itself, 呂 (spine / linked segments) — two matching blocks stacked and linked, one directly under the other. Drop that part into the picture and the shape stops being something separate to memorise.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 12
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は12画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 12 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
営業
eigyou
sales
経営
keiei
business management
運営
un'ei
operation
経営者
keieisha
manager
経営する
keieisuru
to do business management
経営した
keieishita
plain past: did business management
Example sentences (5)
兄は営業の仕事をしています。
あに は えいぎょう の しごと を しています。
ani wa eigyou no shigoto o shiteimasu.
My older brother works in sales.
この店は日曜日も営業しているので、便利です。
この みせ は にちようび も えいぎょう している ので、べんり です。
kono mise wa nichiyoubi mo eigyou shiteiru node, benri desu.
This store is open on Sundays too, so it is convenient.
叔父は小さな会社を経営しています。
おじ は ちいさな かいしゃ を けいえい しています。
oji wa chiisana kaisha o keiei shiteimasu.
My uncle runs a small company.
小さな店を経営するのは思ったより大変らしいです。
ちいさな みせ を けいえい する の は おもった より たいへん らしい です。
chiisana mise o keiei suru no wa omotta yori taihen rashii desu.
I hear running a small shop is harder than you would think.
営業と連携しながら進めたほうがうまくいきます。
えいぎょう と れんけい しながら すすめた ほう が うまく いきます。
eigyou to renkei shinagara susumeta hou ga umaku ikimasu.
It goes better if you proceed while coordinating with the sales team.