Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1080 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: excuse, dismissal

Kunyomi: まぬか.れる まぬが.れる

Onyomi: メン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ひとあし

Meaning: legs

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

許(めんきょ)   license, certificate

税(めんぜい)   tax exemption

疫(めんえき)   immunity

責する(めんせきする)   exempt from responsibility

職する(めんしょくする)   dismiss from office

除する(めんじょする)   discharge

なさい(ごめんなさい)   I am sorry, excuse me

れる(まぬかれる)   escape from

Onyomi Examples

メン dismissal, discharge

メンエキ immunity, immunization, immunisation, being hardened (to), being unaffected (by), being accustomed (to)

ニンメン appointments and dismissal

懲戒 チョウカイメン disciplinary dismissal, disciplinary discharge

Kunyomi Examples

れる まぬがれる to escape (disaster, death, etc.), to be saved from, to be rescued from, to avoid (e.g. punishment), to evade (e.g. responsibility), to avert, to elude, to be exempted from

れる まぬがれる to escape (disaster, death, etc.), to be saved from, to be rescued from, to avoid (e.g. punishment), to evade (e.g. responsibility), to avert, to elude, to be exempted from