Meanings
- stick
- paste
- apply
Strokes12
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#2444 of 2,500
Kanji N3
貼: stick, paste, apply
貼 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning stick, paste, apply, written with 12 strokes. It is read テン, チョウ (on) and はる, つく (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 貼る (はる, to stick) and 貼付 (ちょうふ, pasting).
貼
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- テン
- チョウ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- はる
- つく
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 貼
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- 貼るはるJLPT N5
to stick; to paste; to affix
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