鍛

鍛 — forge, discipline, train

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 17
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1793 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: たん tan
Kun'yomi: きた.える kita.eru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 鍛

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

鍛えるきたえる to forge JLPT N1