Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: number, strength, fate, law, figures

Kunyomi: かず かぞ.える しばしば せ.める わずらわ.しい

Onyomi: スウ サク ソク シュ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ぼくづくり

Meaning: rap

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

学(すうがく)   mathematics

字(すうじ)   numeral, number, figures

(さんすう)   arithmetic

(たすう)   great number, majority

(しょうすう)   few, minority

(そうすう)   total (number)

(きすう)   odd number

(ぐうすう)   even number

(にんずう)   head count

寄屋(すきや)   tea-ceremony arbor

(かず)   number

える(かぞえる)   count [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

スウ several, a number of, quantity, amount, counting, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, course of events, trend

億年 スウオクネン several hundred million years

コスウ number of households (houses)

マイスウ the number of flat things, win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers

スウ several, a number of, quantity, amount, counting, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, course of events, trend

億年 スウオクネン several hundred million years

シューパイ suited tiles

Kunyomi Examples

かず number, amount

多く かずおおく in great numbers

てすう trouble, bother, number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.), number of punches (in boxing)

くちかず number of words a person speaks, number of dependents, number of mouths to feed, number of shares, items, applications, etc.

える かぞえる to count, to enumerate

屡々 しばしば often, again and again, frequently, repeatedly