奄

cover; suffocate; obstruct

8 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2047.

Readings

• エン (on reading): 気息奄々 (きそくえんえん) gasping for breath; 奄々 (えんえん) gasping
• おおう (kun reading)
• たちまち (kun reading)

Components

• 大
• 电
• 乙 radical second; fishhook
• 大 radical big
• 日 radical sun; day
• 奄 radical cover; conceal

Kanji containing 奄

• 俺 I
• 庵 hermitage
• 掩 cover
• 淹 dip
• 菴 hermitage
• 罨 cover
• 閹 eunuch

Words using 奄

• 気息奄々 (きそくえんえん) gasping for breath
• 奄々 (えんえん) gasping
• 奄美雀鯛 (アマミスズメダイ) stout chromis (Chromis chrysura)

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