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敏

敏 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. さとい。感覚がするどい。
  2. 動きがはやい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「攴」+音符「每」。「勤勉な」「さとい」を意味する漢語｛敏｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

cleverness, agile, alert

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ビンJHS
Kun (native)
  • さとい
Nanori (used in names)
  • さとし
  • ちょう
  • とし
  • び
Other languages
  • 拼音min3
  • 한글min
  • Hán-ViệtMẫn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
攴(のぶん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+654F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰每攵

Words using this kanji

  • 敏感びんかん感覚が敏く、わずかなことにもすぐこと。 感覚が鋭く、わずかなことにもすぐ感じるさま。sensitive, alert, aware, susceptible
  • 敏速びんそく素早いこと。また、そのようなさま。敏捷。quickness, agility, activity
  • 敏腕びんわん物事をてきぱき捌く能力、腕前があること。そのような能力。ability, capability, competence, skill
  • 敏びん（ビン）素速いこと。 （ビン）さとい。するどい。quick, nimble, agile, sharp
  • 敏活びんかつquickness, alacrity
  • 敏捷びんしょう素早いこと。nimble, agile, quick, quick (thinking)
  • 敏腕家びんわんかcapable person, shrewd person
  • 敏感肌びんかんはだsensitive skin
  • 敏捷性びんしょうせいagility, nimbleness
  • 敏捷力びんしょうりょくdexterity (esp. as an attribute in RPGs)
  • 敏腕を振るうびんわんをふるうto show one's competence, to demonstrate one's skill

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

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