EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. V1 S, Transitive verb

    to give; to let (one) have

    Usually written using kana alonethe receiver is the speaker or someone close to the speaker

    友達がはがきをくれるように私に頼んだ。
    A friend of mine asked me to send her a postcard.
  2. to give

    Usually written using kana aloneoften as くれてやる; shows mild disdain for the receiversee くれてやる

  3. Auxiliary verb, V1 S

    to do for one; to take the trouble to do

    Usually written using kana aloneafter the -te form of a verb

  4. to do to someone's disadvantage

    Usually written using kana aloneafter the -te form of a verb

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

give, do something for, kingdom of Wu

Kun
く.れるくれ
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1729 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 56

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Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-5-2, 3-4-3, 2-6-2, 3-5-3SKIP code
2o5.7The Kanji Dictionary
2680.1Four corner code
1261deroo
5449Unicode hex code
1-24-66JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
583Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
741New Nelson (John Haig)
2549New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3156Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1620Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2206Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1897Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2046Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1422A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
735Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1002Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3365PMorohashi
1237A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1436Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1526Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1130Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1105Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1929Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
322Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1915Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu2Pinyin reading
o, uKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
56WaniKani level