Movement & food
Tap an example word to hear it pronounced.
What the component colors mean
言
Blue - the main radical the kanji is filed under in dictionaries.
氵
Green - a component that hints at the meaning.
生
Orange - a component that hints at the reading (sound).
?
Grey - another building block, with no clear meaning or sound role.
Example words
止まる
to stop, to halt
中止
cancellation, suspension
禁止
prohibition
Example words
通る
to pass, to go through
通う
to commute, to attend regularly
交通
traffic
Example words
引く
to pull, to draw
引力
gravity, attraction
字引
dictionary
Note
Example wordsAlso abbreviates America (アメリカ), e.g. 米国 = the USA.
米粒
grain of rice
新米
new rice; a novice
米国
the United States
Practice
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