更 — grow late, night watch, sit up late

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

• こう kou

Kun'yomi

• さら sara
• さら.に sara.ni
• ふ.ける fu.keru
• ふ.かす fu.kasu

Words that use 更

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

• 変更 へんこう change JLPT N3
• 更ける ふける to get late JLPT N2
• 今更 いまさら now (when it is already much too late) JLPT N1
• 夜更かし よふかし staying up late JLPT N1
• 夜更け よふけ late at night JLPT N1