EntryCommonJLPT N5WaniKani 28
  1. Godan verb with 'bu' ending, Intransitive verb

    to line up; to stand in a line

    列に並んで長い間待たされた後、身分証明として正式な出生証明書が必要だといわれた。
    After a long wait in line, she was told she should get a certified copy of her birth certificate as identification.
  2. to rival; to match; to equal

Also written 列ぶ【ならぶ】双ぶ【ならぶ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

row, and, besides, as well as, line up, rank with, rival, equal

Kun
な.みなみなら.べるなら.ぶなら.びに
On
ヘイホウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
599 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 28

Built from

Used in names as

なび

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-5, 2-2-6SKIP code
2o6.1The Kanji Dictionary
8010.2Four corner code
974deroo
4e26Unicode hex code
1-42-34JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
589Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
24New Nelson (John Haig)
2246New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2793Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1436Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1936Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1785Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1924Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
716A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
765Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
998Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
54Morohashi
1775A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1165Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1222Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
287Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
977henshall3
873Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
221Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.6busy_people
764Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1802Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bing4Pinyin reading
byeongKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
28WaniKani level