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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1395 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: pointed, sharpness, edge, weapon, sharp, violent

Kunyomi: するど.い

Onyomi: エイ

Composition: 金 兌

鋭

Radical

Radical: 金

Reading: かねへん

Meaning: metal, gold

Strokes: 8

Reading: かねへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

鋭角(えいかく)   acute angle

新鋭(しんえい)   new & powerful, fresh

精鋭(せいえい)   elite, picked, best

鋭利な(えいりな)   sharp

鋭敏な(えいびんな)   sharp, keen

先鋭な(せんえいな)   radical

鋭い(するどい)   pointed, sharp, keen

Onyomi Examples

鋭 (エイ) sharpness, sharp weapon, blade, fine soldier

鋭意 (エイイ) eagerly, earnestly, zealously, wholeheartedly, diligently, assiduously

精鋭 (セイエイ) elite, best, pick, cream of the crop

気鋭 (キエイ) spirited, energetic

Kunyomi Examples

鋭い (するどい) sharp (knife, claws, etc.), pointed, sharp (pain, tone, etc.), acute, stabbing, cutting (remark, criticism, etc.), stinging, biting, fierce (attack), pointed (question, look, etc.), piercing (gaze), shrill (sound), keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.), acute, sharp (eye, mind, etc.), astute, shrewd, discerning, penetrating (insight, question, etc.), perceptive

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