JLPT N1 · 11 strokes
Kanji 隆: "hump, high, noble"
The kanji 隆 means "hump, high, noble, prosperity". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read リュウ 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)
リュウ
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 | hump, high, noble, prosperity |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1109 of 2,501 |
Common words with 隆
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 隆起protuberance; bulge; protrusion; projection · rise; uplift; upheaval; elevation
- 筋骨隆々muscular; strong-muscled
- 隆盛prosperity; flourishing; thriving
- 隆々prosperous; flourishing; thriving · muscular; brawny
- 興隆rise; prosperity
- 筋肉隆々muscular
- 隆昌prosperity
- 隆鼻術augmentation rhinoplasty
- 膨隆swelling up
- 隆運prosperity; good fortune
- 隆替rise and decline
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