之
之 — Of
of, this
On’yomiシ (shi)
Kun’yomiの (no)
Kun’yomiこれ (kore)
Kun’yomiゆく (yuku)
Kun’yomiこの (kono)
Stroke order (3 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Study notes
之 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 3 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1318 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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