Entry
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun

    (most) important; principal; pivotal; key; cardinal

    国家の文化とアイデンティティという枢要な問題から切り離された時点で、比較文化はその方向性を失う。
    Once divorced from key questions of national culture and identity, comparative literature loses its way.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hinge, pivot, door, center of things

Kun
とぼそからくり
On
スウシュ
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1791 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 42

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4a4.22The Kanji Dictionary
4191.4Four corner code
1875deroo
67a2Unicode hex code
1-31-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2208Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2588New Nelson (John Haig)
865New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1076Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
581Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
770Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1697Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1832Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1839A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1442Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14577PMorohashi
1464A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1023Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1062Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1422Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1194Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1530Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1076Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1713Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shu1Pinyin reading
chuKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
42WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

need, main point, essence, pivot, key to

Kun
い.るかなめ
On
ヨウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
106 of 2500
Radical
cover
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

とし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-6-3SKIP code
3e6.11The Kanji Dictionary
1040.4Four corner code
3269deroo
8981Unicode hex code
1-45-55JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4274Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5515New Nelson (John Haig)
2635New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3263Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1683Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2290Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1604Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1730Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
117A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1218Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
262Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34768PMorohashi
593A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
419Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
425Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
729sakade
887Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
623henshall3
536Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
78crowley
424Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.16busy_people
1639Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1618Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yao4, yao1Pinyin reading
yoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level