Kanji N3

適: suitable, occasional, rare

適 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning suitable, occasional, rare, written with 14 strokes. It is read テキ (on) and かなう (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 適切 (てきせつ, appropriate) and 適用 (てきよう, application).

適

Meanings

  • suitable
  • occasional
  • rare
  • qualified
  • capable
Strokes14
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#670 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • テキ

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

Kun reading
  • かなう

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 適

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

  • 適切てきせつ

    appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper

    JLPT N3
  • 適用てきよう

    application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)

    JLPT N3
  • 適当てきとう

    suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit

    JLPT N4
  • 快適かいてき

    pleasant; agreeable; comfortable

    JLPT N3
  • 適度てきど

    moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate

    JLPT N3
  • 適するてきする

    to fit; to suit

    JLPT N3
  • 適応てきおう

    adaptation; accommodation; conformity

    JLPT N1
  • 適性てきせい

    aptitude; aptness; suitability

    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. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.