Kanji N1

閲: review, inspection, revision

閲 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning review, inspection, revision, written with 15 strokes. It is read エツ (on) and けみする (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 閲覧 (えつらん, inspection) and 検閲 (けんえつ, censorship).

閲

Meanings

  • review
  • inspection
  • revision
Strokes15
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1855 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • エツ

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

Kun reading
  • けみする

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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Common words with 閲

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

  • 閲覧えつらん

    inspection; reading; perusal

    JLPT N1
  • 検閲けんえつ

    censorship

  • 校閲こうえつ

    revision; proofreading

  • 観閲かんえつ

    inspection (of troops)

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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.