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Kanji Information Sheet for 以 ( 
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| English: by means of because in view of compared with | On-Yomi: イ | Kun-Yomi: もっ.て もち |
Bushu (Radical) Info:
人 (ひと) – person
化 (カ, ケ, ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する) – change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
个 (カ , コ, こ, ひ) – counter for articles; individual
人 (ひと) – person
化 (カ, ケ, ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する) – change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
个 (カ , コ, こ, ひ) – counter for articles; individual
Henshall Mnemonic: person uses plow as starting point
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #126 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #126 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N4 Words
- 以下 [いか]
(n) (1) below; under; the following; the rest; (2) and downward; less than; up to; not exceeding [K] [D] [Jisho] - 以外 [いがい]
(n-adv) with the exception of; excepting [K] [D] [Jisho] - 以上 [いじょう]
(n-adv,n-t) more than; exceeding; greater than; this is all; over; above; and up; beyond; the above-mentioned; since; as long as; the end [K] [D] [Jisho] - 以内 [いない]
(n,n-suf) within; inside of; less than [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 以前 [いぜん]
(n-adv,n-t) ago; since; before; previous [K] [D] [Jisho] - 以来 [いらい]
(n-adv,n-t) since; henceforth [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 以後 [いご]
(n-adv,n-t) after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter [K] [D] [Jisho] - 以降 [いこう]
(n-adv,n-t) on and after; hereafter; thereafter [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
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.