Kanji N2

並: row, and, besides

並 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning row, and, besides, written with 8 strokes. It is read ヘイ, ホウ (on) and なみ, ならべる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 並木 (なみき, roadside trees) and 並行 (へいこう, going side-by-side).

並

Meanings

  • row
  • and
  • besides
  • as well as
  • line up
  • rank with
  • rival
  • equal
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#599 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヘイ
  • ホウ

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

Kun reading
  • なみ
  • なみ
  • ならべる
  • ならぶ
  • ならびに

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 並

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

  • 並木なみき

    roadside trees; row of trees

    JLPT N2
  • 並行へいこう

    going side-by-side; going abreast

    JLPT N2
  • 並ぶならぶ

    to line up; to stand in a line

    JLPT N5
  • 並べるならべる

    to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line

    JLPT N5
  • 並みなみ

    average; medium; common; ordinary

    JLPT N1
  • 並びにならびに

    and (also); both ... and; as well as

    JLPT N1
  • 並列へいれつ

    arranging in a line; standing in a row

    JLPT N1
  • 軒並みのきなみ

    row of houses

    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.