JLPT level N5
Kanji 入 — "Enter"
Here is what 入 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Enter" stick.
How it is read
On'yomi
にゅう, じゅ
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
Kun'yomi
い.る, -い.る, -い.り, い.れる, -い.れ, はい.る
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
What it is made of
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
入 Enter
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The story
Same thing here — the kanji Enter is identical to its component!
- 入 Enter
A person heading to Enter inside somewhere.
Words that use 入
12 of 43 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 入る はいる to enter, to join, to contain (v.i.)
- 入れる いれる to put in (v.t.)
- 気に入る きにいる to like, to be please
- 入院 にゅういん hospitalization
- 受け入れる うけいれる to accept, to receive (v.t.)
- 侵入 しんにゅう invasion, raid, trespass
- 出入り でいり in and out, coming and going
- 購入 こうにゅう purchase, buy
- 潜入 せんにゅう infiltration, sneaking in
- 仕入れる しいれる to lay in stock, to replenish stock, to procure (v.t.)
- 入社 にゅうしゃ entry to a company
- 入手 にゅうしゅ obtaining, coming to hand
Want 入 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
