JLPT N4 · 7 strokes
Kanji 図: "map, drawing, plan"
The kanji 図 means "map, drawing, plan, extraordinary, audacious". It is written with 7 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read ズ, ト in on'yomi and え, はか.る 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)
ズト
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
えはか.る
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 | map, drawing, plan, extraordinary, audacious |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 7 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 2 |
| Frequency rank | 539 of 2,501 |
Common words with 図
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 不図suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally
- 合図sign; signal; cue
- 意図intention; aim; design
- 地図map; atlas; chart; plan
- 図書館library
- 図るto plan; to attempt; to devise · to plot; to conspire; to scheme
- 図drawing; picture; diagram; figure · sight; scene
- 意図的intentional; on purpose
- 図星bull's-eye; the mark
- 図書室library (usu. single-room); small library
- 愚図愚図slowly; tardily; dawdling; lingering · complaining; grumbling
- 構図composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
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