Kanji
N1 12 strokes Grade 8 freq #1953

withstand, endure, support, resist

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

earth tsuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

proficient; skilled
one's store of patience
proficient; skilled
seaworthiness
survivability (ability to withstand an attack)
incompetence

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

intolerable; unbearable
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer
like hell I'll ...; I'm not about to ...
painful to listen to; unbearable to hear
intolerable; unbearable
intolerable; unbearable
intolerable; unbearable
intolerable; unbearable
to bear; to stand
to be equal to the task; to be up to the job

Example sentences

If he were proficient in English, I would hire him.

She is proficient in French.

He was impatient to see his son.

The urge to brag on his recent successes was irresistible.