入 — how to write the kanji for “enter”
入 (“enter” and “insert”) is a JLPT N5 kanji taught in first grade in Japan. In newspapers it is one of the hundred most used kanji (56th). KANJIDIC2 gives it 2 on readings and 6 kun readings, so the word decides how you say it. Read nyuu, it forms 輸入 (“import”), 収入 (“income”) and 導入 (“introduction”); the native reading i-ru gives 入り (“entering”) and 受け入れ (“receiving”). Chinese reads it rù, “to enter”, at HSK 4.
- Strokes
- 2
- JLPT
- N5
- Radical
- 入 (“enter”)
- On
- ニュウ, ジュ
- Kun
- -い·る, はい·る, い·る
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- Left-falling stroke ㇒centerdown and left
- Right-falling stroke ㇏top leftdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 2 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
Trace it
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ニュウ nyuu, ジュ ju (rare)
- Kun (native)
- -い·る -i-ru, はい·る hai-ru, い·る i-ru (rare), -い·り -i-ri (rare), い·れる i-reru (rare), -い·れ -i-re (rare)
- Meanings
- enter; insert
- Read nyuu
- 輸入 収入 導入 購入 入札 入場
- Read i-ru
- 入り 受け入れ
- School year
- first grade
- Newspaper rank
- 56th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 입 ip
- Common words
- 110 in JMdict
Words with 入
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 輸入 | ゆにゅう yunyuu | import; importation |
| 収入 | しゅうにゅう shuunyuu | income; earnings |
| 導入 | どうにゅう dounyuu | introduction; bringing in |
| 購入 | こうにゅう kounyuu | purchase; buying |
| 介入 | かいにゅう kainyuu | intervention |
| 入り | いり iri | entering; entrance |
| 入札 | にゅうさつ nyuusatsu | bid; tender |
| 受け入れ | うけいれ ukeire | receiving; acceptance |
| 入場 | にゅうじょう nyuujou | entrance; entering |
| 入学 | にゅうがく nyuugaku | admission (to a school or university); entrance |
Most common first (JMdict).
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