EntryCommonJLPT N5WaniKani 5
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to run

    あの走ってる少年をごらんなさい。
    Look at that boy running.
  2. to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to travel; to move; to sail

  3. to rush (to); to dash; to race

  4. to retreat; to flee; to defect (to)

  5. to run away; to abscond; to elope

    occ. 奔る

  6. to flash (of lightning); to streak; to shoot (through; e.g. of pain); to run (through); to flare; to flit (e.g. across one's face); to spread quickly (of news, shock, etc.)

  7. to go (e.g. bad, to extremes); to become; to turn; to take to (e.g. crime); to get carried away by (e.g. one's emotions); to get involved in; to get wrapped up in

    as 〜に走る; occ. 趨る

  8. to run (through; of a road, street, etc.); to extend (e.g. of a mountain range); to stretch; to lie

Also written 奔る【はしる】、疾る【はしる】、趨る【はしる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

run

Kun
はし.る
On
ソウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
626 of 2500
Radical
run
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

はしり

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-4SKIP code
3b4.9The Kanji Dictionary
4080.1Four corner code
1470deroo
8d70Unicode hex code
1-33-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4539Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5845New Nelson (John Haig)
2194New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2720Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1390Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1877Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
384Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
410Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
725A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
441Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
832Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
37034Morohashi
161A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
429Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
435Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
105sakade
255Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
179henshall3
148Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
177Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.7busy_people
1753Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
390Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zou3Pinyin reading
juKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level