EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

    this

    Usually written using kana alonesomething or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speakersee そのsee あのsee どの

    このコップをミルクで満たした。
    I filled this glass with milk.
  2. last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this

    Usually written using kana alonein ref. to a stretch of time or date

  3. you (as in "you liar")

    Usually written using kana aloneemphatic, accusatory, insulting

Also written 斯の【この】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

this, current, next, coming, last, past

Kun
これ、この、ここ
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2078 of 2500
Radical
stop

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Dictionary and index codes (17)
CodeReference
1-4-2, 1-3-2SKIP code
2m4.2The Kanji Dictionary
2111.0Four corner code
6b64Unicode hex code
1-26-01JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2430Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2956New Nelson (John Haig)
823New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1017Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
728Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2043Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2201Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
254Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
16259Morohashi
452Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ci3Pinyin reading
chaKorean reading