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
Radical: 丿
Meaning: slash
Reading: の
Frequency: 33
Alternative forms:
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
【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