Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

2423 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: endure, keep (rain)out, stave off, tide over, defy, slight, surpass

Kunyomi: しの.ぐ

Onyomi: リョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: ice

Examples

Onyomi Examples

リョウウン skyscraping, very high, above the clouds, above this mortal world

リョウガ excelling, surpassing, outdoing

Kunyomi Examples

しのぐ to endure, to keep out (e.g. rain), to stave off (e.g. starvation), to pull through, to get over, to survive, to surpass, to outdo, to excel, to eclipse, to defy, to slight