Kanji N1

展: unfold, expand

展 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning unfold, expand, written with 10 strokes. It is read テン (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 展開 (てんかい, development) and 発展 (はってん, development).

展

Meanings

  • unfold
  • expand
Strokes10
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#352 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • テン

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

Kun reading
  • None in common use

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 展

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

  • 展開てんかい

    development; evolution; progression; unfolding

    JLPT N2
  • 発展はってん

    development; growth; expansion; extension

    JLPT N3
  • 進展しんてん

    progress; development

    JLPT N1
  • 展示てんじ

    exhibition; display

    JLPT N1
  • 展望てんぼう

    view; outlook; prospect

    JLPT N1
  • 展覧会てんらんかい

    exhibition

    JLPT N4
  • 個展こてん

    solo exhibition; one-man exhibition

  • 出展しゅってん

    exhibit; display

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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. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.