Kanji

焉

how, why, then

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

火部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

エン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

いずくんぞ, ここに, これ

Example sentences

終焉 しゅうえん
その 古い 帝国 終焉 新しい 時代 幕開け 意味 していた

The demise of that old empire signaled the start of a new era.

焉んぞ いずくんぞ
燕雀 焉んぞ 鴻鵠 知らん

How can a swallow or a sparrow know the aspirations of a swan?

烏焉魯魚 うえんろぎょ
古典 書写 において 烏焉魯魚 誤り 避けがたい もの だった

In the transcription of classics, errors of miswriting similar characters were unavoidable.

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