EntryCommonJLPT N3
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to be (animate); to be; to exist

    Usually written using kana aloneHumble (kenjougo) language

    「私の後から来る方は私に優る方である。私より先におられたからである」といったのはこの方の事です。
    This was he of whom I said, "He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me."
  2. Auxiliary verb, Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to be ...-ing

    after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action

  3. to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed

    after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing state

  4. Suffix, Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to (have the audacity to) do

    after the -masu stem of a verb; indicates contempt or disdain for another's actionssee やがる

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

reside, to be, exist, live with

Kun
い.る-いお.る
On
キョ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
836 of 2500
Radical
corpse
WaniKani
Level 25

Built from

Used in names as

おきすえ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-5SKIP code
3r5.3The Kanji Dictionary
7726.4Four corner code
3777deroo
5c45Unicode hex code
1-21-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1387Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1416New Nelson (John Haig)
3080New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3822Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1959Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2653Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1063Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1143Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
777A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
737Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
208Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7663Morohashi
649A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
171Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
171Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
586sakade
483Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
678henshall3
680Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
281crowley
535Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
527Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1072Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ju1, ji1Pinyin reading
geo, giKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level