Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

1022 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: clear up

Kunyomi: は.れる は.れ は.れ- -ば.れ は.らす

Onyomi: セイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ひへん

Meaning: sun, day

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

天(せいてん)   fine weather

れる(はれる)   become sunny

五月れ(さつきばれ)   early summer fine weather

らす(はらす)   clear away

らしい(すばらしい)   wonderful

らし(きばらし)   recreation

Onyomi Examples

セイテン fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds), fair weather, clear weather, clear sky, fair skies

セイウ (clear or rainy) weather

コウセイ clear weather, good weather

インセイ unsettled (fine and cloudy) weather

Kunyomi Examples

れる はれる to clear up, to clear away, to be sunny, to stop raining, to refresh (e.g. spirits), to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion), to be dispelled, to be banished

はれ clear weather, fine weather, formal, ceremonial, public, cleared of suspicion

れる はれる to clear up, to clear away, to be sunny, to stop raining, to refresh (e.g. spirits), to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion), to be dispelled, to be banished

らす はらす to dispel, to clear away, to refresh (oneself), to accomplish a goal, to make it sunny, to make clouds disappear