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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

1318 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 3

Meaning: of, this

Kunyomi: の, これ, ゆく, この

Onyomi: シ

Composition: 亠 丶

之

Radical

Radical: 丿

Meaning: slash

Reading: の

Frequency: 33

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position kanmuri)

丿

Examples

Onyomi Examples

之繞 (シンニョウ) kanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162)

之繞を掛ける (シンニュウヲカケル) to exaggerate

Kunyomi Examples

【の】 (indicates possessive, nominalizes verbs and adjectives, substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases, indicates a confident conclusion, indicates emotional emphasis, indicates question)

乃 (の) 's, of, belonging to

此れ (これ) this, this one, this person, now, this point (in time), here, used to stress the subject of a sentence, I, me

これ等 (これら) these

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