Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    playing with fire

    その子はライターで火遊びをしていた。
    He was playing with a lighter.
  2. doing something dangerous; playing with fire

    Idiomatic expression

  3. playing around (with someone); flirting; having an affair

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fire

Kun
-びほ-
On
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
574 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-4-4, 1-1-3SKIP code
4d0.1The Kanji Dictionary
9080.0Four corner code
1162deroo
706bUnicode hex code
1-18-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2743Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3394New Nelson (John Haig)
3463New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4273Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2159Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2911Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
161Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
173Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
432A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
52Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
15Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18850Morohashi
8A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
20Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
13sakade
69Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
15henshall3
27Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
18Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
1260Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
163Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huo3Pinyin reading
hwaKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

play

Kun
あそ.ぶあそ.ばす
On
ユウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
941 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Used in names as

あす

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-3-9, 3-2-8, 3-3-8SKIP code
2q8.3The Kanji Dictionary
3830.4Four corner code
447deroo
904aUnicode hex code
1-45-23JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4726Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6093New Nelson (John Haig)
3142New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3896Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2008Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2709Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1047Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1126Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
728A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1809Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
587Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38994PMorohashi
402A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1003Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1040Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
326sakade
962Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
424henshall3
411Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
196Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
712Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1056Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
you2Pinyin reading
yuKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level