EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 14
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    instinct

    動物は本能のままに振る舞う。
    Animals act on instinct.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

Kun
もと
On
ホン
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
10 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

まと、ごう

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-3SKIP code
0a5.25The Kanji Dictionary
5023.0Four corner code
1855deroo
672cUnicode hex code
1-43-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2536New Nelson (John Haig)
3502New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4314Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2183Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2937Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
211Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
224Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
15A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
212Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
20Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14421Morohashi
70A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
25Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45sakade
61Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
76henshall3
47Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
6crowley
37Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
1046Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
215Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ben3Pinyin reading
bonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ability, talent, skill, capacity

Kun
よ.く、あた.う
On
ノウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
273 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Used in names as

たか、の、のり、よし

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-6-4SKIP code
4b6.15The Kanji Dictionary
2221.2, 2121.1Four corner code
2756deroo
80fdUnicode hex code
1-39-29JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
853Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4809New Nelson (John Haig)
1323New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1676Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
888Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1207Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2004Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2160Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
341A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1397Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
416Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29454Morohashi
766A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
386Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
387Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
691sakade
847Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
787henshall3
718Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
285crowley
411Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1018Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2023Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
neng2Pinyin reading
neung, naeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani level