Kanji N1

距: long-distance, spur, fetlock

距 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning long-distance, spur, fetlock, written with 12 strokes. It is read キョ (on) and へだたる, けづめ (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 距離 (きょり, distance) and 長距離 (ちょうきょり, long distance).

距

Meanings

  • long-distance
  • spur
  • fetlock
Strokes12
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1191 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キョ

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

Kun reading
  • へだたる
  • けづめ

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

Watch the stroke order

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

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Common words with 距

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

  • 距離きょり

    distance; range; interval

    JLPT N1
  • 長距離ちょうきょり

    long distance; long haul

  • 短距離たんきょり

    short distance; short range; short-haul

  • 近距離きんきょり

    short distance; close range

  • 遠距離えんきょり

    long distance; long range

  • 中距離ちゅうきょり

    middle-distance (races)

  • 車間距離しゃかんきょり

    distance between two cars

  • 航続距離こうぞくきょり

    cruising range; flying range

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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.