Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1729 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: give, do something for, kingdom of Wu

Kunyomi: く.れる くれ

Onyomi:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze), Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE), Southern Wu, Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE)), Eastern Wu, Sun Wu, Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)

豆汁 go, soy beans soaked and mashed to a creamy paste (ingredient of tofu and soy milk)

藍子 アイゴ mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish), dusky rabbitfish, sandy spinefoot

Kunyomi Examples

れる くれる to give, to let (one) have, to give, to do for one, to take the trouble to do, to do to someone's disadvantage

れる くれる to give, to let (one) have, to give, to do for one, to take the trouble to do, to do to someone's disadvantage

れも くれぐれも sincerely, earnestly, repeatedly, over and over, again and again

何くれ なにくれ in various ways