Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2105 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: rectify, straighten, correct, reform, cure, control, pretend, falsify

Kunyomi: た.める

Onyomi: キョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: arrow

Examples

Onyomi Examples

キョウセイ correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.), remedy, rectification, redress, reform

角殺牛 キョウカクサツギュウ trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process, trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing, the cure is worse than the disease

キキョウ eccentric

Kunyomi Examples

める ためる to straighten, to correct, to cure, to falsify