JLPT N1 · 8 strokes
Kanji 忠: "loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness"
The kanji 忠 means "loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read チュウ 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)
チュウ
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 | loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 1113 of 2,501 |
Common words with 忠
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 忠告advice; warning
- 忠実faithful; devoted; loyal; honest
- 忠誠loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity
- 忠誠を誓うto pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
- 忠誠心loyalty; faithfulness
- 忠義loyalty; devotion
- 忠loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness · inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryō system)
- 忠実diligent; hardworking; conscientious · healthy; well; fit
- 忠臣loyal retainer; loyal subject
- 忠犬faithful dog
- 忠言(good) advice
- 忠節loyalty; allegiance; fidelity
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