The kanji character 媛 primarily conveys the meaning of "a beautiful woman," "princess," or "lady." It often refers to a woman of noble birth or exceptional beauty. The character suggests elegance, grace, and refinement.

・On-yomi (音読み): en (エン) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): 媛 (hime)

⚫︎ お姫様 (ohime-sama) Translation: Princess (literally "honorable lady") ⚫︎ 愛媛県 (Ehime-ken) Translation: Ehime Prefecture (name of a prefecture in Japan) ⚫︎ 美媛 (bijo) Translation: Beautiful woman

The kanji 媛 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound. It is composed of two parts: the 女 (onna) radical on the left, which means "woman" or "female," and the 元 (gen) on the right, which indicates the sound (and potentially has a secondary meaning related to origin or beginning). Together, these components combine to indicate a "beautiful woman" or "a noble lady" because the "female" is described by the meaning of the sound component. The character evolved over time.