Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

947 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix

Kunyomi: きみ -ぎみ

Onyomi: クン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くち

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

主(くんしゅ)   monarch

(ぼうくん)   tyrant

田中(たなかくん)   Tanaka (surname)

(しょくん)   Ladies and gentlemen!

臨する(くんりんする)   reign

(きみ)   you

が代(きみがよ)   Japanese national anthem

(ひめぎみ)   princess

Onyomi Examples

クン Mr (junior), master, boy

クンシ man of virtue, wise man, (true) gentleman, person of high rank, the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)

フクン (another's) husband

メイクン wise ruler, enlightened monarch, benevolent lord

Kunyomi Examples

きみ you, buddy, pal, monarch, ruler, sovereign, (one's) master, he, she

が代 きみがよ Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)

おおきみ emperor, king, prince

嫁が よめがきみ mouse