Kanji N1

射: shoot, shine into, onto

射 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning shoot, shine into, onto, written with 10 strokes. It is read シャ (on) and いる, さす, うつ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 放射能 (ほうしゃのう, radioactivity) and 発射 (はっしゃ, firing).

射

Meanings

  • shoot
  • shine into
  • onto
  • archery
Strokes10
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#937 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シャ

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

Kun reading
  • いる
  • さす
  • うつ

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 射

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

  • 放射能ほうしゃのう

    radioactivity

    JLPT N1
  • 発射はっしゃ

    firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching

    JLPT N2
  • 注射ちゅうしゃ

    injection; jab; shot

    JLPT N4
  • 放射ほうしゃ

    radiation; emission

    JLPT N1
  • 反射はんしゃ

    reflection; reverberation

    JLPT N1
  • 射すさす

    to shine

    JLPT N2
  • 陽射ひざし

    sunlight; rays of the Sun

    JLPT N2
  • 射程しゃてい

    range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)

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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; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.