Kanji N3

置: placement, put, set

置 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning placement, put, set, written with 13 strokes. It is read チ (on) and おく (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 位置 (いち, place) and 装置 (そうち, equipment).

置

Meanings

  • placement
  • put
  • set
  • deposit
  • leave behind
  • keep
  • employ
  • pawn
Strokes13
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#277 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • チ

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

Kun reading
  • おく
  • -おき

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Common words with 置

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

  • 位置いち

    place; position; location

    JLPT N3
  • 装置そうち

    equipment; device; installation; apparatus

    JLPT N3
  • 置くおく

    to put; to place

    JLPT N5
  • 設置せっち

    establishment; institution

    JLPT N1
  • 配置はいち

    arrangement (of resources); deployment

    JLPT N1
  • 措置そち

    measure; step; action

    JLPT N1
  • 処置しょち

    measure; step; dealing with

    JLPT N1
  • 放置ほうち

    leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended

    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; 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.