Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1524 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: deviate, idleness, leisure, miss the mark, evade, elude, parry, diverge

Kunyomi: そ.れる そ.らす はぐ.れる

Onyomi: イツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: walk

Examples

Onyomi Examples

イツダツ deviation, departure, omission

イツザイ outstanding talent, person of exceptional talent, gifted person

ホイツ passed ball, catcher missing a ball

シュウイツ excellent, superb, first-rate

Kunyomi Examples

れる それる to turn away, to bear off, to veer away, to swerve from, to miss (e.g. a target), to deviate (e.g. of a conversation), to digress, to go astray, to wander

らす そらす to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.), to avert, to divert (e.g. one's attention), to evade (e.g. a question), to change (e.g. the subject), to displease, to annoy, to offend, to upset, to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

れる はぐれる to lose sight of (one's companions), to stray from, to miss (one's chance to ...)