EntryCommonJLPT N3
  1. Noun

    living thing; living creature; animal; life

    王を得た麒麟もまた寿命を持たない生き物だが、この病ばかりは治癒の方法がない。
    A qilin with a king too has no limit on its lifespan, but this illness alone admits of no remedy.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

life, genuine, birth

Kun
い.きるい.かすい.けるう.まれるうま.れるう.まれうまれう.むお.うは.えるは.やすなまなま-な.るな.すむ.す-う
On
セイショウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
29 of 2500
Radical
life
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

あさいきいくいけうぶうまいおいぎゅうくるみごせじょうすぎそうちるなばにうにゅうもうよいりゅう

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-2SKIP code
0a5.29The Kanji Dictionary
2510.0Four corner code
2472deroo
751fUnicode hex code
1-32-24JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2991Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3715New Nelson (John Haig)
3497New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4309Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2179Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2933Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1555Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1675Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
29A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
214Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
67Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21670Morohashi
42A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
44Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
44Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34sakade
71Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
44henshall3
43Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
9crowley
49Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
1327Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1569Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
sheng1Pinyin reading
saengKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

thing, object, matter

Kun
ものもの-
On
ブツモツ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
215 of 2500
Radical
cow
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4g4.2The Kanji Dictionary
2752.0Four corner code
2451deroo
7269Unicode hex code
1-42-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2857Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3538New Nelson (John Haig)
874New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1084Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1050Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
611Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
74Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19959Morohashi
387A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
79Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
313sakade
214Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
410henshall3
313Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
95crowley
321Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1290Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1059Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu4Pinyin reading
mulKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level