Kanji N1

案: plan, suggestion, draft

案 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning plan, suggestion, draft, written with 10 strokes. It is read アン (on) and つくえ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 法案 (ほうあん, bill) and 提案 (ていあん, proposal).

案

Meanings

  • plan
  • suggestion
  • draft
  • ponder
  • fear
  • proposition
  • idea
  • expectation
  • worry
  • table
  • bench
Strokes10
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#206 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • アン

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

Kun reading
  • つくえ

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 案

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

  • 法案ほうあん

    bill (law); measure

    JLPT N1
  • 提案ていあん

    proposal; proposition; suggestion

    JLPT N3
  • 案内あんない

    guidance; leading (the way); showing around

    JLPT N4
  • 案外あんがい

    unexpectedly; surprisingly

    JLPT N2
  • 議案ぎあん

    legislative bill; measure

    JLPT N1
  • 答案とうあん

    examination paper; examination script

    JLPT N3
  • 案の定あんのじょう

    as expected; just as one thought; as feared

    JLPT N1
  • 案あん

    idea; plan; proposal; suggestion

    JLPT N3

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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.