Kanji N1

免: excuse, dismissal

免 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning excuse, dismissal, written with 8 strokes. It is read メン (on) and まぬかれる, まぬがれる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 免許 (めんきょ, license) and 免除 (めんじょ, exemption).

免

Meanings

  • excuse
  • dismissal
Strokes8
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1080 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • メン

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

Kun reading
  • まぬかれる
  • まぬがれる

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 免

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

  • 免許めんきょ

    license; licence; permission; permit

    JLPT N3
  • 免除めんじょ

    exemption; exoneration; discharge

    JLPT N1
  • 免税めんぜい

    tax exemption; duty exemption

    JLPT N2
  • 免れるまぬかれる

    to escape (disaster, death, etc.)

    JLPT N1
  • 御免ごめん

    I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

    JLPT N2
  • 免疫めんえき

    immunity; immunization; immunisation

  • 減免げんめん

    reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes)

  • 免職めんしょく

    dismissal; sacking; discharge

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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.