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爾

爾 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 近くに居る人を指すときに用いる二人称の「なんじ」。
  2. 「その」、「この」、「斯様な」のように直近の事実や前述の主文を指す言葉。
  3. 然り、その通り。
  4. 「のみ」限定する言葉。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

未詳。一説に｛檷｝（糸を巻き取る道具）の初文。仮借して「なんじ」を意味する漢語｛爾｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

you, thou, second person

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジ
  • ニ
Kun (native)
  • なんじ
  • しかり
  • その
  • のみ
  • おれ
  • しか
Nanori (used in names)
  • ちか
  • み
Other languages
  • 拼音er3
  • 한글i
  • Hán-ViệtNhĩ

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
爻(まじわる)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+723E

Components

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

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻𡭕⿵冂㸚

Words using this kanji

  • 爾おれyou
  • 爾後じごその。以後。thereafter
  • 爾来じらいその後。それ以来。since then, after that
  • 爾汝じじょ相手を「おまえ」「きさま」のように遠慮なく呼び合うこと。you, thou
  • 爾らおれらyou (plural), you all
  • 爾前にぜんperiod before the Lotus Sutra was preached, prior, before, previous
  • 爾汝の交わりじじょのまじわりclose acquaintance

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(25 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
4-14-1
Four Corner
1022.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a14.3
Heisig
2867
Nelson
69