EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    man of virtue; wise man; (true) gentleman

    君子が恐れて踏み込まぬ所へも愚者は突入する。
    Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
  2. person of high rank

  3. the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)

    see 四君子

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mister, you, ruler, male name suffix

Kun
きみ-ぎみ
On
クン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
947 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-4-3, 4-7-1SKIP code
3d4.23The Kanji Dictionary
1760.7Four corner code
3577deroo
541bUnicode hex code
1-23-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
899Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
746New Nelson (John Haig)
3206New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3974Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2045Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2762Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1162Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1246Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
700A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
515Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
479Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3323Morohashi
266A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
793Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
807Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
198sakade
403Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
285henshall3
280Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
204crowley
1289Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
287Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1170Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jun1Pinyin reading
gunKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Kun
-こ
On
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
72 of 2500
Radical
child
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

ねっ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-1, 4-2-1SKIP code
2c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
1740.7Four corner code
3547deroo
5b50Unicode hex code
1-27-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1264Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1281New Nelson (John Haig)
3390New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4196Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
95Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
56A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
38Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
61Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6930Morohashi
25A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
103Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31sakade
43Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
40henshall3
18Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
42crowley
69Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
455Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
96Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zi3, zi2, zi5Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level