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穎悟 (えいご, eigo) Japanese meaning: intelligent | Kotomora

穎えい悟ご

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Meanings

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na-adjective, noun

intelligent; shrewd; sharp-witted

Rare literary word describing a person of keen intelligence and insight. Mostly found in older texts or formal writing.

彼かれは穎えい悟ごな人じん物ぶつとして知しられていた。
He was known as a person of keen intelligence.
その少

Kanji

穎heads of grain, cleverness
悟enlightenment, perceive, discern

Related words

聡そう明めい
聡明 is a more common word for 'intelligent' and 'wise', used in both spoken and written modern Japanese, while 穎悟 is a rare literary term.
利り口こう
利口 means 'clever' or 'smart' in a practical, sometimes cunning sense, and is much more common than 穎悟.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese word inherited from Literary Chinese 穎悟, combining 穎 “exceptionally intelligent” with 悟 “understanding, perception.”

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The teachers were amazed at the boy's sharp-wittedness.