JLPT N1 · 14 strokes
Kanji 塾: "cram school, private school"
The kanji 塾 means "cram school, private school". It is written with 14 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ジュク in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジュク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | cram school, private school |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 14 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1297 of 2,501 |
Common words with 塾
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 塾cram school; private tutoring school; juku
- 塾生cram school student; student of a private-tutoring school
- 学習塾cram school; private tutoring school
- 私塾small private school (esp. for cramming) · private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
- 塾長principal of a private school
- 入塾enrolling at a cram school
- 進学塾(private) part-time school for that prepares students for entrance examinations; cram school; prep school
- 義塾charity school; charitable school
- 塾通いattending cram school
- 慶應義塾大学Keio University
- 慶応義塾place : Keio Private (University)
- 画塾private painting school
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