Kanji
N3 8 strokes Grade 5 freq #108

system, law, rule

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

sword katana

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

regulation; (traffic) policing
system; institution
order; system
sanctions; punishment
tax system
compulsion; coercion
system; organization
restriction; restraint
work (film, book)
enactment; establishment

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people)

Example sentences

You have to eat regularly.

The pupils are bound down by the rules.

This system is bristling with defects and drawbacks.

This system will work well in nine cases out of ten.