井

井 — well, well crib, town

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 4
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #339 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: せい sei

しょう shou
Kun'yomi: い i

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 井

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

井戸いど water well JLPT N2