Kanji N1

璽: emperor's seal

璽 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning emperor's seal, written with 19 strokes. It is read ジ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school.

璽

Meanings

  • emperor's seal
Strokes19
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
FrequencyBeyond #2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジ

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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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.