EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to act (a part); to play (a role)

    学生たちは「ハムレット」を演じた。
    The students performed Hamlet.
  2. to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production)

  3. to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself; to do something conspicuously; to make a scene

  4. to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

performance, act, play, render, stage

On
エン
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
267 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 23

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Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-11SKIP code
3a11.13The Kanji Dictionary
3318.6Four corner code
361deroo
6f14Unicode hex code
1-17-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2685Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3310New Nelson (John Haig)
697New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
855Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
491Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
630Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2007Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2163Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
222A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2079Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
806Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18130Morohashi
621A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
344Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
344Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
553sakade
708Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
650henshall3
785Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
413crowley
616Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1239Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2026Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan3Pinyin reading
yeonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level