Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

336 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: polish, study of, sharpen

Kunyomi: と.ぐ

Onyomi: ケン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: いしへん

Meaning: stone

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

修(けんしゅう)   training

究所(けんきゅうじょ)   research institute

究室(けんきゅうしつ)   seminar room, prof's office

摩する(けんまする)   grind

究する(けんきゅうする)   research [ v.t.]

ぐ(とぐ)   sharpen

Onyomi Examples

究員 ケンキュウイン researcher, lab worker

ケンキュウ study, research, investigation

ヨケン National Institute of Health

ギケン technical research institute

Kunyomi Examples

とぐ to sharpen, to hone, to whet, to grind, to wash (rice), to scour, to polish, to burnish