Entry
  1. Noun

    person specially invited to compose and recite a poem at the Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading

    see 歌会始

  2. person employed by the Imperial Court to compile anthologies of waka poetry

    Historical term

  3. person summoned to perform bugaku (for the nobility)

    Historical termsee 舞楽

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

seduce, call, send for, wear, put on, ride in, buy, eat, drink, catch (cold)

Kun
め.す
On
ショウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1540 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 51

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-2-3SKIP code
2f3.3The Kanji Dictionary
1760.2Four corner code
3577deroo
53ecUnicode hex code
1-30-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
668Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
695New Nelson (John Haig)
2001New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2494Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1261Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1727Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
86Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
90Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1473A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
152Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1115Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3241Morohashi
1387A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
995Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1032Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
396Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1043Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1691Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
279Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
87Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhao4, shao4, zhao1Pinyin reading
so, joKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
51WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

person

Kun
ひと-り-と
On
ジンニン
Strokes
2
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
5 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

ひこふみ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-2-4SKIP code
2a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
8000.0Four corner code
1262deroo
4ebaUnicode hex code
1-31-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
339Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
99New Nelson (John Haig)
3368New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4175Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2857Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
951Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1023Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
9A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
14Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
4Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
344Morohashi
39A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
30sakade
11Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
39henshall3
7Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2crowley
15Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.5busy_people
42Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
960Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ren2Pinyin reading
inKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level