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Kanji Information Sheet for 君 ( PDF version )


English: old boy name-suffix	On-Yomi: クン	Kun-Yomi: きみ -ぎみみ

Bushu (Radical) Info: 口 (くち) – mouth

Henshall Mnemonic: lord holds stick next to mouth

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #947 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

君 [きみ]
(n) (fam) you (masc. term for female) [K] [D] [Jisho]
君 [くん]
(n,suf) Mr (junior); master; boy [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

君主 [くんしゅ]
(n) ruler; monarch [K] [D] [Jisho]
諸君 [しょくん]
(n) Gentlemen!; Ladies! [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

姫君 [ひめぎみ]
(n) princess [K] [D] [Jisho]
君が代 [きみがよ]
Imperial reign; title of Japanese national anthem [K] [D] [Jisho]
君子 [くんし]
(n) man of virtue; person of high rank; wise man [K] [D] [Jisho]
君臨 [くんりん]
(n,vs) reign; control; (to) dictate [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 君 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.