EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 6
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb), Intransitive verb

    to be; to exist; to live

    Usually written using kana aloneusu. of inanimate objectssee 居るsee いる・1

    失礼だが、上記の記事にある3つの誤りを指摘しておきたい。
    Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.
  2. to have

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. to be located

    Usually written using kana alone

  4. to be equipped with

    Usually written using kana alone

  5. to happen; to come about

    Usually written using kana alone

  6. Auxiliary verb, Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb)

    to exist (in a completed state); to be (something unchanged in its current state)

    Usually written using kana aloneafter the ~て form of a transitive verb

Also written 在る【ある】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx

Kun
あ.る
On
ユウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
282 of 2500
Radical
moon
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

あらありあるくになお

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-4SKIP code
4b2.3The Kanji Dictionary
4022.7Four corner code
1446deroo
6709Unicode hex code
1-45-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3727Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4756New Nelson (John Haig)
2983New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3703Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1895Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2576Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
79Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
83Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
268A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
303Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
267Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14332Morohashi
401A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
265Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
265Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
523sakade
193Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
423henshall3
273Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
245crowley
347Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.4busy_people
1003Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
79Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
you3, you4Pinyin reading
yuKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level