EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 58
  1. Godan verb with 'gu' ending, Transitive verb

    to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation)

    この新車は他車をしのぐだろう。
    This new car will put other cars to shame.
  2. to pull through; to get over; to survive

  3. to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight

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Characters in this word

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endure, keep (rain)out, stave off, tide over, defy, slight, surpass

Kun
しの.ぐ
On
リョウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2423 of 2500
Radical
ice
WaniKani
Level 58

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Dictionary and index codes (20)
CodeReference
1-2-8SKIP code
2b8.5The Kanji Dictionary
3414.7Four corner code
51ccUnicode hex code
1-46-31JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
646Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
424New Nelson (John Haig)
128New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
144Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
96Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
109Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2136Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2263Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1022Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1669Morohashi
2025Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
ling2Pinyin reading
reungKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
58WaniKani level