JLPT N1 · 9 strokes
Kanji 胡: "barbarian, foreign"
The kanji 胡 means "barbarian, foreign". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ウ, コ, ゴ in on'yomi and なんぞ 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)
ウコゴ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
なんぞ
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 | barbarian, foreign |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1995 of 2,501 |
Common words with 胡
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 胡散臭いsuspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious
- 胡坐をかくto sit cross-legged · to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
- 胡乱suspicious-looking; fishy
- 胡坐sitting cross-legged
- 胡椒pepper
- 胡桃walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
- 五胡Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
- 胡麻sesame seeds · sesame (Sesamum indicum)
- 胡散suspicious
- 胡瓜cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
- 胡barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
- 胡蝶butterfly
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