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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1619 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: perform, complete, footgear, shoes, boots, put on (the feet)

Kunyomi: は.く

Onyomi: リ

Composition: 尸 復

履

Radical

Radical: 尸

Meaning: corpse

Reading: しかばね

Frequency: 148

尸

Examples

Onyomi Examples

履歴書 (リレキショ) personal history, curriculum vitae, resume

履行 (リコウ) performance (of a duty), fulfillment (of a promise), fulfilment, execution (of a contract), discharge, implementation

草履 (ゾウリ) zori, traditional Japanese thonged sandals

再履 (サイリ) repeating a course, taking a course again

Kunyomi Examples

履く (はく) to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear), to wear, to affix (a sword to one's hip), to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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