Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1644 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: wet, be watered, profit by, receive benefits, favor, charm, steep

Kunyomi: うるお.う うるお.す うる.む

Onyomi: ジュン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

滑油 ジュンカツユ lubricating oil, lubricant, lube, person or thing that makes things run smoothly, facilitator

ジュンショク rhetorical flourishes

ホウジュン abundant, rich, ripe, mellow

芳醇 ホウジュン mellow (flavor or fragrance, esp. alcohol), rich, full-bodied, superior

Kunyomi Examples

うるおう to be moist, to be damp, to get wet, to be watered, to profit by, to receive benefits, to receive favors (favours), to become rich, to become at ease financially

うるおす to moisten, to wet, to profit, to enrich, to benefit

うるむ to be wet, to be moist, to get dim, to become blurred, to get cloudy, to get muddy, to be bleared, to become tear-choked