更
更 — Grow late
grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiさら (sara)
Kun’yomiさらに (sarani)
Kun’yomiふける (fukeru)
Kun’yomiふかす (fukasu)
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 更
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 変更 | へんこう henkou | change; modification; alteration |
| 更新 | こうしん koushin | renewal; update; replacement |
| 更迭 | こうてつ koutetsu | change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up |
| 更改 | こうかい koukai | renewal; extension; revision |
| 更生 | こうせい kousei | rehabilitation; remaking one's life; starting life anew |
| 更に | さらに sarani | furthermore; again; after all |
Study notes
更 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #861 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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