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禄 — Fief

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary school#2126 most used
fief, allowance, pension, grant, happiness
On’yomiロク (roku)
Kun’yomiさいわ (saiwai)
Kun’yomiふち (fuchi)

Stroke order (12 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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Common words using 禄

WordReadingMeaning
元禄げんろく
genroku
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)

Study notes

禄 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2126 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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