JLPT N2 · 13 strokes
Kanji 準: "semi-, correspond to, proportionate to"
The kanji 準 means "semi-, correspond to, proportionate to, conform, imitate". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read ジュン in on'yomi and じゅん.じる, じゅん.ずる, なぞら.える, のり, ひと.しい in kun'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)
ジュン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
じゅん.じるじゅん.ずるなぞら.えるのりひと.しい
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 | semi-, correspond to, proportionate to, conform, imitate |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 425 of 2,501 |
Common words with 準
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 準備preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision
- 基準standard; criterion; norm; benchmark
- 心の準備mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
- 照準sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
- 水準level; standard · water level
- 標準standard; criterion; norm; model · average; the norm; the ordinary
- 準semi-; quasi-; associate
- 準備万端fully prepared; all ready
- 下準備preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place
- 準備室preparation room
- 準備運動warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
- 準備中in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
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