JLPT N3 · 8 strokes
Kanji 育: "bring up, grow up, raise"
The kanji 育 means "bring up, grow up, raise, rear". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read イク in on'yomi and そだ.つ, そだ.ち, そだ.てる, はぐく.む 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)
イク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
そだ.つそだ.ちそだ.てるはぐく.む
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 | bring up, grow up, raise, rear |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 369 of 2,501 |
Common words with 育
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 育てるto raise; to rear; to bring up · to train; to teach; to educate
- 育つto be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
- 教育education; schooling; training; instruction · culture; cultivation; education
- 育ちgrowth; breeding · growing up (in, as); upbringing
- 体育館gymnasium
- 体育physical education; PE; gym (class)
- 育成rearing; training; nurture; cultivation
- 生まれ育つto be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
- 育むto raise; to bring up; to rear · to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
- 紐育New York
- 子育てchild rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
- 飼育breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
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