Entry
  1. Noun

    spices; condiments; seasoning

    Usually written using kana alone

  2. adjuvant (in Chinese medicine); addition of an adjuvant

    Medicine

  3. meat, fish, vegetables, etc. added to rice or udon (e.g. to make gomoku meshi)

    Kansai dialectsee 五目飯

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada

Kun
くわ.えるくわ.わる
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
130 of 2500
Radical
power
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-2-3SKIP code
2g3.1The Kanji Dictionary
4600.0Four corner code
1677deroo
52a0Unicode hex code
1-18-35JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
716Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
523New Nelson (John Haig)
38New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
42Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
23Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
24Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
867Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
932Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
187A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
121Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
787Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2297Morohashi
431A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
709Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
722Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
356sakade
366Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
453henshall3
447Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
237crowley
295Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
208Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
876Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jia1Pinyin reading
gaKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit

Kun
くすり
On
ヤク
Strokes
16
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
702 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-13SKIP code
3k13.15The Kanji Dictionary
4490.4Four corner code
1964deroo
85acUnicode hex code
1-44-84JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4074Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5224New Nelson (John Haig)
2375New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3011Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1539Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2100Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1736Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1873Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
541A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2568Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
323Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
32188PXMorohashi
398A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
359Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
521sakade
247Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
420henshall3
439Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
315Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
672Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1752Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yao4Pinyin reading
yagKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level