Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

1096 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: ri, village, parent's home, league

Kunyomi: さと

Onyomi:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さと

Meaning: village, mile

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

(きょうり)   birth-place, home town

(かいり)   nautical mile, 1852m, 6080ft

塚(いちりづか)   milestone

(さと)   home, village

芋(さといも)   taro (type of tuber)

(やまざと)   mountain hamlet

Onyomi Examples

Japanese league, ri, old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles, neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes), unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)

俚言 リゲン dialect, language of the common people, colloquial language, slang

バンリ thousands of miles

カイリ nautical mile

Kunyomi Examples

さと village, hamlet, countryside, country, home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past

さとおや foster parent, foster parents, (pet) caretaker

おさと one's parents' home, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past

夏山冬 なつやまふゆさと pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter, rotated grazing