漢字 Kanji Codex
Kanji Detail
由
a reason, wherefore
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Information
Grade:3
Strokes:5
JLPT:3
Frequency:325
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曲
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bend, composition, crooked, curve, fault, injustice, lean, melody, music, perverse, pleasure
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目
80% similar
care, class, experience, eye, favor, insight, look
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日
80% similar
Japan, counter for days, day, sun
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男
71% similar
male
Grade 1JLPT 5
町
71% similar
block, street, town, village
Grade 1JLPT 4
自
67% similar
oneself
Grade 2JLPT 4
画
63% similar
brush-stroke, picture
Grade 2JLPT 4
油
63% similar
fat, oil
Grade 3JLPT 2
苗
63% similar
sapling, seedling, shoot
Grade 8JLPT 1