Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

149 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: scribe, account, narrative

Kunyomi: しる.す

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

事(きじ)   news story

者(きしゃ)   reporter

号(きごう)   symbol

念日(きねんび)   anniversary, memorial day

(にっき)   diary

(でんき)   biography

(かき)   things mentioned below (writing)

憶する(きおくする)   remember

録する(きろくする)   record, document [v.t.]

入する(きにゅうする)   fill in forms

する(あんきする)   memorize, learn by heart

す(しるす)   write down

Onyomi Examples

account, history, chronicle, annals, record, Kojiki, Records of Ancient Matters

キオク memory, recollection, remembrance, memory, storage

シュキ note, memorandum

サキ undermentioned (statement), the following, at left

Kunyomi Examples

しるす to write down, to note down, to jot down, to take a note of, to mention, to describe, to give an account of, to inscribe, to mark, to brand, to remember, to engrave (in one's mind)