Kanji N1

率: ratio, rate, proportion

率 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning ratio, rate, proportion, written with 11 strokes. It is read ソツ, リツ, シュツ (on) and ひきいる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 比率 (ひりつ, ratio) and 効率 (こうりつ, efficiency).

率

Meanings

  • ratio
  • rate
  • proportion
  • %
  • factor
  • lead
  • spearhead
  • command
Strokes11
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#383 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ソツ
  • リツ
  • シュツ

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

Kun reading
  • ひきいる

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 率

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

  • 比率ひりつ

    ratio; proportion; percentage

    JLPT N1
  • 効率こうりつ

    efficiency

    JLPT N1
  • 確率かくりつ

    probability; likelihood; chances

    JLPT N2
  • 倍率ばいりつ

    magnification; leverage; amplification

    JLPT N1
  • 能率のうりつ

    efficiency

    JLPT N2
  • 軽率けいそつ

    rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent

    JLPT N1
  • 率りつ

    rate; ratio; proportion; percentage

    JLPT N3
  • 統率とうそつ

    command; lead; generalship; leadership

    JLPT N1

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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.