Kanji
N2 11 strokes Grade 2 freq #537

dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

silk ito

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

cell
details; particulars
bacterium; bacteria
details; particulars
work; workmanship
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers)
insignificant; trifling
subdivision (into small parts)
details; particulars
meticulous; careful

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

small
minutely; finely
small; fine
thin; slender
poor (living)
dwindling; declining
small; little
long and narrow

Example sentences

Animal bodies are made up of cells.

Muscle tissue consists of innumerable cells.

I went into details.

After she had read the letter, she tore it to pieces.