忍
忍 — Endure
endure, bear, put up with, conceal, secrete, spy
On’yomiニン (nin)
Kun’yomiしのぶ (shinobu)
Kun’yomiしのばせる (shinobaseru)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 忍
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忍耐 | にんたい nintai | endurance; perseverance; patience |
| 忍ぶ | しのぶ shinobu | to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure |
| 忍者 | にんじゃ ninja | ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan |
| 残忍 | ざんにん zannin | brutal; cruel; merciless |
| 忍び込む | しのびこむ shinobikomu | to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in |
| 忍び | しのび shinobi | stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu |
Study notes
忍 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1700 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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