Kanji N3

配: distribute, spouse, exile

配 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning distribute, spouse, exile, written with 10 strokes. It is read ハイ (on) and くばる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 支配 (しはい, rule) and 心配 (しんぱい, worry).

配

Meanings

  • distribute
  • spouse
  • exile
  • rationing
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#359 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ハイ

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

Kun reading
  • くばる

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 配

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

  • 支配しはい

    rule; domination; control

    JLPT N3
  • 心配しんぱい

    worry; concern; anxiety; uneasiness; fear

    JLPT N4
  • 配達はいたつ

    delivery

    JLPT N3
  • 配分はいぶん

    distribution; allotment

    JLPT N1
  • 気配けはい

    indication; sign; hint; sensation; feeling

    JLPT N2
  • 配置はいち

    arrangement (of resources); deployment

    JLPT N1
  • 配給はいきゅう

    distribution (e.g. films, rice)

    JLPT N1
  • 分配ぶんぱい

    division; splitting; sharing; distribution

    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.