Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

390 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ネン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: こころ

Meaning: heart

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

な(ざんねんな)   unfortunate, disappointing

(がいねん)   idea, notion

(しんねん)   faith, conviction

日(きねんび)   anniversary

願(ねんがん)   one's heart's desire

する(きねんする)   commemorate

する(せんねんする)   devote oneself to [v.i.]

する(だんねんする)   abandon (hope, plan)

Onyomi Examples

ネン sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, concern, attention, care

ネンガン one's heart's desire, one's dearest wish

シュウネン tenacity, persistence, obsession, implacability

ツウネン common idea, common wisdom, generally accepted idea