Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

2288 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: only, free, in addition

Kunyomi: ただ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

管打坐 シカンタザ shikantaza, meditation practice where one stays intensely focused without focusing on any particular object

シコン just now

Kunyomi Examples

ただ ordinary, common, usual, free of charge, unaffected, as is, safe, only, merely, just, simply, but, however, nevertheless

ただいま I'm home!, I'm back!, it's me!, now, at present, at the moment, just now, a moment ago, at once, right away, in a minute, shortly, soon