Kanji 及: "reach out, exert, exercise"

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

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

Common words with 及

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 及およぶto reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to · to be up to the task; to come up to
• 及およびand; as well as
• 追つい及きゅうinvestigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding · catching up; overtaking
• 言げん及きゅうreference; allusion
• 普ふ及きゅうdiffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation
• 影えい響きょうを及およぼすto affect; to impact; to influence
• この期ごに及およんでat this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
• 及およぼすto exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm)
• には及およばないthere is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary · does not match; out of reach of
• 聞きき及およぶto hear of; to learn of
• 埃及エジプトEgypt
• 遠とおく及およばないfalling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)

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