適 means 'suitable'

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Strokes : 14 Frequency: 908 JLPT: N3 Usefulness: 3 Study set: 3-19 Grade: 5 Intermediate lesson: 33 Beginner lesson: - Begins 96 words Used in 176 words Used in 13 names Component in 3 kanji (0 Jōyō)

Jōyō (常用)

Common readings

テキ

Additional readings

Kun かなう suitable, occasional, rare, qualified, capable

Components

⿺ ⻌ (辵) move 啇 old trader

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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 適 is used 11 times, read 1 way.

Across all words in Japanese, 適 is used 167 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).

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テキ : 152 words FIND ALL

てきよう

適用

noun, 'suru' verb

applying (e.g. a technology); adoption

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テキ (read as てっ) : 1 word FIND ALL

てっかくせい

適格性

noun

eligibility

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かなう : 14 words FIND ALL

Most common form: 叶わぬ夢

expression, noun

impossible dream

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Additional data

Henshall: 778 (originally: 755) Joy o' Kanji : 755 Key to Kanji: 774