兼: concurrently, and
- JLPT level N1
- 10 strokes
- Radical 八
Also beforehand, in advance
Readings
On’yomi
- ケン
Kun’yomi
- かねる
- -かねる
On’yomi and kun’yomi?
On’yomi are readings that came from Chinese, written here in katakana. Kun’yomi are native Japanese readings, written in hiragana. Which one is used depends on the word: kanji in compounds often take an on’yomi, and a kanji standing alone often takes a kun’yomi.
What do the dots mean?
The kana after the dot, shown lighter, is okurigana: it is written in kana after the kanji. For example, the reading い·きる of 生 is written 生きる.
A hyphen means the reading is used as a prefix or suffix, attached to another word.
Stroke order
Strokes from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Example words
- 兼and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time
- 兼任serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
- 兼務serving concurrently as; concurrently holding the position of; holding the additional post of
- 兼業pursuing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously
- 気兼ねconstraint; reserve; feeling hesitant
- 兼ねるto be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do
Where do these words come from?
They are common words containing 兼, from JMdict, picked automatically with words made of easier kanji first. They are not graded by JLPT level.
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Additional detailsSchool grade, frequency, Unicode and sources
- School grade
- Secondary school
- Newspaper frequency
- 1,164 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 八 no. 12
- Unicode
- U+517C
School grade comes from the Japanese school curriculum. Frequency is the rank among the 2,500 most common kanji in newspapers. Neither is a JLPT level.
Sources for this entry
- KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0): meanings, on’yomi, kun’yomi, stroke count, school grade, newspaper frequency, radical
- Jonathan Waller's JLPT kanji lists (CC BY): JLPT level
- JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0): example words
- KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0): stroke order