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矯 — Rectify

JLPT N117 strokesSecondary school#2105 most used
rectify, straighten, correct, reform, cure, control
On’yomiキョウ (kyou)
Kun’yomiめる (tameru)

Stroke order (17 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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Common words using 矯

WordReadingMeaning
矯正きょうせい
kyousei
correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification

Study notes

矯 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 17 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2105 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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