Japanese symbol for “facile”

宛転

えんてん

Romaji: enten

eloquent; fluent; smooth-spoken; sonorous

In Japanese, facile is 宛転, read えんてん (enten).

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Meanings

adj-t, adv-to eloquent; fluent; smooth-spoken; sonorous; facile; silver-tongued
adj-t, adv-to (of eyebrows) shapely

Kanji and stroke order

宛

address, just like, fortunately

on: エン
kun: あ.てる、-あて、-づつ、あたか.も

8 strokes

転

revolve, turn around, change

on: テン
kun: ころ.がる、ころ.げる、ころ.がす、ころ.ぶ

11 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
宛先	あてさき atesaki	address; destination
宛名	あてな atena	name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee
名宛	なあて naate	address (on an envelope)
宛てる	あてる ateru	to address
宛ら	さながら sanagara	just like; exactly like; as if
宛がう	あてがう ategau	to allot; to assign; to allocate
運転	うんてん unten	operation (of a machine); running; working
自転車	じてんしゃ jitensha	bicycle; bike

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