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Bushu (Radical) Info: 入 (いる) – enter

Henshall Mnemonic: enter through inverted v opening

Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #56 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 入る   [はいる]
  (v5r) to enter; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold; to accommodate; to have (an income of)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入れる   [いれる]
  (v1) to put in; to take in; to bring in; to let in; to admit; to introduce; to commit (to prison); to usher in; to insert; to set (jewels); to employ; to listen to; to tolerate; to comprehend; to include; to pay (interest); to cast (votes)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入口   [いりぐち]
  (n) entrance; gate; approach; mouth   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 入院   [にゅういん]
  (n,vs) hospitalization   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入学   [にゅうがく]
  (n,vs) entry to school or university; matriculation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 押し入れ   [おしいれ]
  (n) closet   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 輸入   [ゆにゅう]
  (n,vs) importation; import; introduction   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入場   [にゅうじょう]
  (n) entrance; admission; entering   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 気に入る   [きにいる]
  (v5r) to be pleased with; to suit   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 収入   [しゅうにゅう]
  (n) income; receipts; revenue   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 記入   [きにゅう]
  (n,vs) entry; filling in of forms   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 侵入   [しんにゅう]
  (n,vs) penetration; invasion; raid; aggression; trespass   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入れ物   [いれもの]
  (n) container; case; receptacle   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 出入り   [でいり]
  (n) in and out; coming and going; free association; income and expenditure; debits and credit   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 出入口   [でいりぐち]
  (n) exit and entrance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入社   [にゅうしゃ]
  (n,vs) entry to a company   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 日の入り   [ひのいり]
  (n) sunset   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 手入れ   [ていれ]
  (n) repairs; maintenance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り入れる   [とりいれる]
  (v1) to harvest; to take in; to adopt   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 四捨五入   [ししゃごにゅう]
  (n,vs) rounding up (esp. fractions)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 潜入   [せんにゅう]
  (n) infiltration; sneaking in   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入る   [いる]
  (v5r) to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 申し入れる   [もうしいれる]
  (v1) to propose; to suggest   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 購入   [こうにゅう]
  (n,vs) purchase; buy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 納入   [のうにゅう]
  (n,vs) payment; supply   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 突入   [とつにゅう]
  (n,vs) rushing; breaking into   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 弟子入り   [でしいり]
  (n) apprenticeship; enrolling   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 参入   [さんにゅう]
  (n,vs) coming; visiting; going   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 立入り禁止   [たちいりきんし]
  (exp,n) no entry; Keep Off!; No Trespassing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 立入禁止   [たちいりきんし]
  (exp,n) no entry; Keep Off!; No Trespassing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入れ歯   [いれば]
  (n) false tooth; denture   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入れ替え   [いれかえ]
  (n) replacement; substitution; change   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 編入   [へんにゅう]
  (n,vs) admission; incorporation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 逆輸入   [ぎゃくゆにゅう]
  (n) reimportation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入れ墨   [いれずみ]
  (n,vs) tattoo   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 嫁入り   [よめいり]
  (n,vs) marriage; wedding   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入園   [にゅうえん]
  (n) enrollment in kindergarten   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• お気に入り   [おきにいり]
  (n) favorite; pet   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入荷   [にゅうか]
  (n,vs) arrival of goods; goods received   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 刈り入れ   [かりいれ]
  (n) harvest   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 挿入   [そうにゅう]
  (n,vs) insertion; incorporation; infixing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 申し入れ   [もうしいれ]
  (n) proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 進入   [しんにゅう]
  (n) penetration; entry   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入閣   [にゅうかく]
  (n) joining the cabinet   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入館料   [にゅうかんりょう]
  (n) admission fee   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入居   [にゅうきょ]
  (n,vs) moving into (house)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 出入   [しゅつにゅう]
  (n) in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入金   [にゅうきん]
  (n,vs) deposit; payment; money received; money due   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 先入観   [せんにゅうかん]
  (n) preconception; prejudice; preoccupation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 注入   [ちゅうにゅう]
  (n,vs) pouring; injection   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 入 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.