JLPT N3 · 14 strokes
Kanji 適: "suitable, occasional, rare"
The kanji 適 means "suitable, occasional, rare, qualified, capable". It is written with 14 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read テキ in on'yomi and かな.う 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)
テキ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かな.う
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 | suitable, occasional, rare, qualified, capable |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 14 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 670 of 2,501 |
Common words with 適
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 適当suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate · perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy; lazy
- 適うconvenir à, correspondre à (ses goûts, son but), se réaliser
- 適切appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt
- 最適most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
- 快適pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
- 適するto fit; to suit
- 適度moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
- 適用application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
- 適えるto fulfill (a condition); to meet (a requirement)
- 適性aptitude; aptness; suitability
- 適任competent; suitable; qualified
- 適応adaptation; accommodation; conformity
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