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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 戈

成

Radical

Radical: 戈

Reading: ほこ

Meaning: spear, halberd

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

成功する(せいこうする)   succeed [v.i.]

成長する(せいちょうする)   grow

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

賛成する(さんせいする)   agree

完成する(かんせいする)   complete, achieve

成績(せいせき)   grades (school)

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

成就する(じょうじゅする)   accomplish, fulfill

成仏する(じょうぶつする)   die (peacefully)

成る(なる)   become [v.i.]

成す(なす)   accomplish [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

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

成案 (セイアン) definite plan

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

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

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

成就 (ジョウジュ) fulfillment, fulfilment, realization, realisation, completion

Kunyomi Examples

成る (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 ...

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

成す (なす) to form, to make, to constitute, to build up (e.g. a fortune), to create, to establish, to accomplish, to achieve, to win (fame), to gain, to change (into), to convert, to do, to commit, to carry out, to bring about, to do intentionally

なす角 (なすかく) formed angle, angle made

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