暫
暫 — Temporarily
temporarily, a while, moment, long time
On’yomiザン (zan)
Kun’yomiしばらく (shibaraku)
Stroke order (15 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 暫
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暫定 | ざんてい zantei | provisional; temporary; tentative |
| 暫く | しばらく shibaraku | for a moment; for a minute; for a while |
Study notes
暫 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1112 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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