Kanji N1

修: discipline, conduct oneself well, study

修 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning discipline, conduct oneself well, study, written with 10 strokes. It is read シュウ, シュ (on) and おさめる, おさまる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 修正 (しゅうせい, amendment) and 研修 (けんしゅう, training).

修

Meanings

  • discipline
  • conduct oneself well
  • study
  • master
Strokes10
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#603 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シュウ
  • シュ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • おさめる
  • おさまる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 修

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 修正しゅうせい

    amendment; correction; revision; modification

    JLPT N3
  • 研修けんしゅう

    training (esp. in-service); induction course

    JLPT N2
  • 修理しゅうり

    repair; mending; fixing; servicing

    JLPT N3
  • 改修かいしゅう

    repair; improvement

    JLPT N1
  • 修了しゅうりょう

    completion (of a course)

    JLPT N1
  • 専修せんしゅう

    specialization; specialisation

    JLPT N1
  • 修士しゅうし

    master's (degree)

    JLPT N1
  • 修繕しゅうぜん

    repair; mending

    JLPT N2

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.