EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to form; to make; to constitute

    彼は作家として名を成そうという野心を持っている。
    He has an ambition to make a name for himself as a writer.
  2. to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to establish

  3. to accomplish; to achieve; to win (fame); to gain

  4. to change (into); to convert

    as ...と〜

  5. to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about

    Usually written using kana alonealso written as 為す

  6. Suffix, Godan verb with 'su' ending

    to do intentionally

    Usually written using kana aloneafter the -masu stem of a verb

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach

Kun
な.る、な.す、-な.す
On
セイ、ジョウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
116 of 2500
Radical
spear
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

あき、あきら、しげ、そん、たえ、なお、なり、なる、のり、ひら、まさ、よし、り

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-6-4, 3-5-1SKIP code
4n2.1The Kanji Dictionary
5320.0Four corner code
1459deroo
6210Unicode hex code
1-32-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1799Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2025New Nelson (John Haig)
3537New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4352Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2202Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2964Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
361Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
386Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
115A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
322Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
224Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11542PMorohashi
515A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
261Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
261Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
439sakade
549Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
545henshall3
466Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
160crowley
377Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
836Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
367Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cheng2Pinyin reading
seongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level