営 means “run a business, operate”
えい · ei
Also: camp, perform, build, conduct (business)
- Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
- いとなむ, いとなみ
- On'yomi (Chinese reading)
- エイ
JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 5 · 12 strokes
The story
Picture rooms joined in a row (呂) under one roof (冖), lamps lit above (⺍): a business open late. 営 is running things: 経営 is management, 営業 is sales, and a sign reading 営業中 on a shop door means open.
Used in 営業 (eigyou, business/sales), 経営 (keiei, management), and 営業中 (eigyouchuu, open for business)
More from Business & Trade
- 輸 transport
- 額 amount
- 担 shoulder
- 況 situation
- 管 manage
- 券 ticket
- 販 sell
- 換 exchange
- 損 loss
- 募 recruit
- 貨 goods
- 郵 mail
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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.