Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    tender nurture; affectionate rearing; raising with loving care

    彼女はその子を自分の子として愛育した。
    She cherished the child as her own.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

love, affection, favourite

Kun
いと.しいかな.しいめ.でるお.しむまな
On
アイ
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
640 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

あしかななるめぐめぐみよしちか

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-4-9, 2-1-12, 2-6-7SKIP code
4i10.1The Kanji Dictionary
2024.7Four corner code
2067deroo
611bUnicode hex code
1-16-06JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2829Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1927New Nelson (John Haig)
2492New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3133Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1606Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2191Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
737Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
796Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
436A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2018Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
456Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10947Morohashi
417A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
259Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
259Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
339sakade
545Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
441henshall3
602Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
268crowley
1079Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
790Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
745Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ai4Pinyin reading
aeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bring up, grow up, raise, rear

Kun
そだ.つそだ.ちそだ.てるはぐく.む
On
イク
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
369 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

やす

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-6, 2-4-4SKIP code
2j6.4The Kanji Dictionary
0022.7Four corner code
446deroo
80b2Unicode hex code
1-16-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
296Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4773New Nelson (John Haig)
2050New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2544Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1295Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1764Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
759Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
821Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
250A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
958Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
487Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29318Morohashi
227A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
246Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
246Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
347sakade
843Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
247henshall3
292Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
259crowley
879Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.20busy_people
1013Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
766Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu4Pinyin reading
yugKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level