Entry
  1. Noun

    business; errand; nature of one's business

    よほど重要な用向きでやってきたことが、彼の顔色で分かった。
    I could tell by the look on his face that he had come on very important business.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

utilize, business, service, use, employ

Kun
もち.いる
On
ヨウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
107 of 2500
Radical
use

Built from

Used in names as

たから

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-2-3, 4-5-1SKIP code
2r3.1The Kanji Dictionary
7722.0Four corner code
3653deroo
7528Unicode hex code
1-45-49JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2993Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3721New Nelson (John Haig)
2976New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3694Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2569Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1181Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1265Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
102A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
193Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
110Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21703Morohashi
215A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
107Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146sakade
219Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
235henshall3
116Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
177crowley
308Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
1329Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1189Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yong4Pinyin reading
yongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

Kun
む.くむ.い-む.きむ.ける-む.けむ.かうむ.かいむ.こうむ.こう-むこむか.い
On
コウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
182 of 2500
Radical
mouth

Built from

Used in names as

こおむかむかいむこう

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-3-3SKIP code
3d3.10The Kanji Dictionary
2722.0Four corner code
849deroo
5411Unicode hex code
1-24-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
101Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
712New Nelson (John Haig)
3052New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3790Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1934Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2627Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
183Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
195Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
217A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
312Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
215Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3301Morohashi
278A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
199Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
213sakade
402Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
294henshall3
266Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
192crowley
557Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
319Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
186Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiang4Pinyin reading
hyang, sangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)