Kanji N2

鋭: pointed, sharpness, edge

鋭 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning pointed, sharpness, edge, written with 15 strokes. It is read エイ (on) and するどい (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 鋭い (するどい, sharp) and 新鋭 (しんえい, young and energetic).

鋭

Meanings

  • pointed
  • sharpness
  • edge
  • weapon
  • sharp
  • violent
Strokes15
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1395 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • エイ

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

Kun reading
  • するどい

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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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 15. Start at the dot.

Common words with 鋭

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

  • 鋭いするどい

    sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed

    JLPT N3
  • 新鋭しんえい

    young and energetic; up-and-coming

  • 精鋭せいえい

    elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

  • 気鋭きえい

    spirited; energetic

  • 鋭利えいり

    sharp; keen; acute

  • 鋭角えいかく

    acute angle

  • 最新鋭さいしんえい

    state-of-the-art; cutting-edge

  • 鋭敏えいびん

    sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sensitive

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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.