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EntryCommonJLPT N1

  1. Conjunction

    or; either ... or

    Usually written using kana aloneは is pronounced as わ

    ガスで調理しますか、あるいは電気ですか。
    Do you cook by gas or electricity?

  2. Adverb (fukushi)

    maybe; perhaps; possibly

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

    Usually written using kana aloneas あるいは...あるいは...

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Characters in this word

1
或
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

some, one, or, possibly, a certain

Kun
あ.るあるいあるいは
On
ワクコクイキ
Strokes
8
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2378 of 2500
Radical
戈 spear

Built from

口戈一
Words starting with 或Words ending in 或Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (18)
CodeReference
3-4-4SKIP code
4n4.2The Kanji Dictionary
5310.0Four corner code
6216Unicode hex code
1-16-31JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1802Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2030New Nelson (John Haig)
3978Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2763Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2091Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2234Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
750Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1894Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11563Morohashi
493crowley
621Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huo4Pinyin reading
hogKorean reading