Kanji N1

模: imitation, copy, mock

模 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning imitation, copy, mock, written with 14 strokes. It is read モ, ボ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 規模 (きぼ, scale) and 模様 (もよう, pattern).

模

Meanings

  • imitation
  • copy
  • mock
Strokes14
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#668 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • モ
  • ボ

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

Kun reading
  • None in common use

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 模

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

  • 規模きぼ

    scale; scope; plan; structure

    JLPT N1
  • 模様もよう

    pattern; figure; design

    JLPT N3
  • 模型もけい

    model; dummy; maquette

    JLPT N1
  • 模索もさく

    groping (for); fumbling around (for)

    JLPT N1
  • 模範もはん

    exemplar; model; example; pattern

    JLPT N1
  • 模倣もほう

    imitation; copying

    JLPT N1
  • 大規模だいきぼ

    large-scale

  • 小規模しょうきぼ

    small scale

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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.