EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 44
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from someone

    彼女はにっこり挨拶をした。
    She greeted us with a smile.
  2. speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address

  3. reply; response

  4. courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)

  5. revenge; retaliation

    Colloquial

  6. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

    a fine thing to say

    Jocular, humorous termused sarcastically as a response to a rude remark; usu. in the form of ご挨拶

  7. Noun

    dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)

    Archaicorig. meaningsee 一挨一拶

  8. relationship (between people); connection

    Archaic

  9. intervention; mediation; mediator

    Archaic

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

approach, draw near, push open

Kun
ひら.く
On
アイ
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2258 of 2500
Radical
hand

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
1-3-7SKIP code
3c7.12The Kanji Dictionary
5303.4Four corner code
1363deroo
6328Unicode hex code
1-16-07JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1910Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2160New Nelson (John Haig)
510Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
383Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2248Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1310Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12082Morohashi
1101Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
ai1, ai2Pinyin reading
aeKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

be imminent, draw close

Kun
せま.る
On
サツ
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
Radical
hand

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3c6.13The Kanji Dictionary
5202.7Four corner code
1360deroo
62f6Unicode hex code
1-27-02JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1888Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2134New Nelson (John Haig)
451Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
336Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2261Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
713Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12004Morohashi
1102Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
zan3, za1Pinyin reading
chalKorean reading