EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 11
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain

    Usually written using kana alone

    あなたがいなくなるととても寂しくなります。
    When you go, I'll miss you very much.
  2. to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of

    Usually written using kana aloneas ...からなる or ...よりなる

  4. to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished

    Usually written using kana alone

  5. to change (into); to turn (into); to transform

    Usually written using kana alone

  6. to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)

    Usually written using kana alone

  7. to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make

    Usually written using kana alone

  8. to play (the part of); to act as

    Usually written using kana alone

  9. to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as

    Usually written using kana alone

  10. to be promoted

    Shogi

  11. Auxiliary verb, Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to do ...

    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) languageUsually written using kana aloneas お + -masu stem + になる, or ご + noun + になる

Also written 為る【なる】

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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