Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

759 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: director, official, govt office, rule, administer

Kunyomi: つかさど.る

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くち

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

法(しほう)   administration of justice, judicial

書(ししょ)   librarian

祭(しさい)   priest, rabbi

令官(しれいかん)   commandant

会者(しかいしゃ)   chairperson, moderator, MC

(じょうし)   boss, superior

寿(すし)   sushi

(ぎょうじ)   sumo referee

Onyomi Examples

office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryō system)

シカイ leading a meeting, presiding over a meeting, officiating at a ceremony, chairmanship, chairman, presenter, host, moderator, master of ceremonies

コンス company (in China), firm

にぎり寿 ニギリズシ nigirizushi, hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.

Kunyomi Examples

つかさどる to rule, to govern, to administer