EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Adverb (fukushi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-

    Usually written using kana alone

    一般に日本人は、自分たちがかつてより暮らし向きがよくなったと考えている。
    The Japanese at large consider themselves better off than they used to be.
  2. never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

    Usually written using kana aloneused with neg. verb

Also written 曽て【かつて】、都て【かつて】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

once, before, formerly, ever, never, ex-, lick, lap up, burn up, taste, undergo, underrate, despise

Kun
かつ.て、こころ.みる、な.める
On
ショウ、ジョウ
Strokes
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Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
mouth

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Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
2-5-9SKIP code
3n11.1The Kanji Dictionary
9060.1Four corner code
5617Unicode hex code
1-30-08JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1369Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
878New Nelson (John Haig)
3230Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2268Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2870Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2883Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4205Morohashi
chang2Pinyin reading
sangKorean reading