Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1687 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: all the more, increasingly

Kunyomi: いや いよ.いよ わた.る

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: bow

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ミサ (Catholic) Mass

ミロク Maitreya (Bodhisattva), Miroku

シャミ male Buddhist novice

ビキュウ extending over a long time

ビホウ patching up

Kunyomi Examples

やよい third month of the lunar calendar, thick growth (of grass, etc.), Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE), Yayoi culture

いやさか prosperity, prospering, flourishing, best of luck, all the best, hurray, hoorah

いや more and more, increasingly, extremely, very

やよい third month of the lunar calendar, thick growth (of grass, etc.), Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE), Yayoi culture

いよいよ more and more, all the more, increasingly, at last, finally, beyond doubt, (at the) last moment, worst possible time

渡る わたる to cross over, to go across, to extend, to cover, to range, to span