What is the Kanji for "Manage"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Manage", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Manage" is "営".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Itona".

Its onyomi reading is "Ei".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 3 parts:

The kanji "呂" means "Bath" and can be read as "Ryo", "Ro", and "Sebone". The radical "⺍" means "Small" . And The radical "冖" means "Crown" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "営" mean in japanese?

"営" means "Manage".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fifth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

経営: "Management". The Japanese verbal noun '経営 (けいえい)' means 'management'. It refers to the process of controlling and directing a business, organization, or other enterprise. This includes activities such as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the resources of the organization to achieve its objectives. '経営' is commonly used in business and organizational contexts, for example: He is good at management - (彼は経営が上手だ). The management of the company is excellent - (その会社の経営は素晴らしい).

営業: "Business". The Japanese verbal noun '営業 (えいぎょう)' means 'business'. This term refers to the commercial activities or operations involved in running a company or organization, such as making sales, promoting products/services, and engaging with customers. It can also be used to describe the department or personnel responsible for these commercial activities. For example: The company's business is doing well - (その会社の営業は順調だ). I work in the business department - (私は営業部で働いています).

運営: "Management". The Japanese verbal noun '運営 (うんえい)' means 'management'. This noun refers to the act of operating, administering, or overseeing something. It can be used to describe the management of a company, organization, or event. For example: The management of the company is excellent - (その会社の運営は優れている). The management of the event was well-organized - (そのイベントの運営は整っていた).

営む: "Operate". The Japanese verb '営む (いとなむ)' means 'to operate'. This verb is used to describe the action of operating, managing or running a business, organization or other entity. It can also be used to refer to the carrying out or conducting of an activity or duty. For example: He operates a small store - (彼は小さな店を営んでいる). I operate a charity organization - (私は慈善団体を営んでいます).

民営: "Private". The noun '民営 (みんえい)' means 'private'. This term refers to businesses, organizations, or services that are owned and operated by private individuals or companies, rather than the government. It indicates that something is privately owned and managed, rather than being publicly owned or controlled. For example: The hospital is private - (その病院は民営です). Private company - (民営の会社)

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "え" is read as "e". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "と" is read as "to". And The hiragana "な" is read as "na".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.