EntryCommonJLPT N3
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun, Noun, used as a suffix

    wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable

    それは可でもなく不可でもなしというところだ。
    It is neither good nor bad.
  2. not allowed; not possible

  3. Noun

    failing grade

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

On
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N4
Frequency
101 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-1, 3-2-2, 3-3-1SKIP code
0a4.2The Kanji Dictionary
1090.0Four corner code
3154deroo
4e0dUnicode hex code
1-41-52JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
17Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
13New Nelson (John Haig)
3434New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4242Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2141Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2890Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1217Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1302Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
134A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
94Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
130Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19Morohashi
572A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
94Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
94Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
500sakade
104Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
600henshall3
444Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
103crowley
422Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.18busy_people
10Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1225Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bu4, bu2Pinyin reading
bu, bulKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

can, passable, approval

Kun
-べ.き-べ.し
On
コク
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
314 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 18

Built from

Used in names as

よし

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-2-3SKIP code
3d2.12The Kanji Dictionary
1062.0Four corner code
3149deroo
53efUnicode hex code
1-18-36JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
24Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
701New Nelson (John Haig)
2969New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3687Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1882Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2562Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
93Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
97Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
510A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
165Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
253Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3245Morohashi
816A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
388Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
390Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
744sakade
397Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
655henshall3
647Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
463crowley
412Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
314Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
94Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ke3, ke4Pinyin reading
ga, geugKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
18WaniKani level