Kanji N3

規: standard, measure

規 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning standard, measure, written with 11 strokes. It is read キ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 規則 (きそく, rule) and 規制 (きせい, regulation).

規

Meanings

  • standard
  • measure
Strokes11
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#349 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キ

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

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Common words with 規

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

  • 規則きそく

    rule; regulation

    JLPT N4
  • 規制きせい

    regulation; (traffic) policing; control

    JLPT N1
  • 規定きてい

    stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation

    JLPT N1
  • 規格きかく

    standard; norm

    JLPT N1
  • 正規せいき

    regular; normal; formal; legal; established

    JLPT N1
  • 規約きやく

    agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention

    JLPT N1
  • 規模きぼ

    scale; scope; plan; structure

    JLPT N1
  • 規律きりつ

    order; observance; discipline

    JLPT N2

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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.