Meanings
- sign of the tiger
- 3-5AM
- third sign of Chinese zodiac
Strokes11
JLPT levelN1
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Kanji N1
寅: sign of the tiger, 3-5AM, third sign of Chinese zodiac
寅 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning sign of the tiger, 3-5AM, third sign of Chinese zodiac, written with 11 strokes. It is read イン (on) and とら (kun). It is not a jōyō kanji; you will meet it mostly in names. You will see it in 寅 (とら, the Tiger).
寅
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- イン
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- とら
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 寅
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- 寅とら
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac)
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