Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

116 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach

Kunyomi: な.る な.す -な.す

Onyomi: セイ ジョウ

Composition: 𠂊

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ほこ

Meaning: spear, halberd

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

功する(せいこうする)   succeed [v.i.]

長する(せいちょうする)   grow

立する(せいりつする)   form, be born, be completed

する(さんせいする)   agree

する(かんせいする)   complete, achieve

績(せいせき)   grades (school)

人式(せいじんしき)   coming-of-age celebration

就する(じょうじゅする)   accomplish, fulfill

仏する(じょうぶつする)   die (peacefully)

る(なる)   become [v.i.]

す(なす)   accomplish [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

セイカ (good) result, outcome, fruits (of one's labors), product, accomplishment

セイアン definite plan

ゴウセイ composition, synthesis, compounding, combining, composite photo, (function) composition

集大 シュウタイセイ (large) compilation, culmination (of hard work)

ジョウブツ attaining Buddhahood, becoming a Buddha, entering Nirvana, going to heaven, resting in peace, dying (peacefully)

ジョウジュ fulfillment, fulfilment, realization, realisation, completion

Kunyomi Examples

なる to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...

るべく なるべく as (much) as possible, as (much) as one can, wherever practicable, if possible

為す なす to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try

なす角 なすかく formed angle, angle made