Kanji N1

滑: slippery, slide, slip

滑 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning slippery, slide, slip, written with 13 strokes. It is read カツ, コツ (on) and すべる, なめらか (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 円滑 (えんかつ, smooth) and 滑らか (なめらか, smooth).

滑

Meanings

  • slippery
  • slide
  • slip
  • fail exam
Strokes13
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1238 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カツ
  • コツ

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

Kun reading
  • すべる
  • なめらか

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 滑

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

  • 円滑えんかつ

    smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious

    JLPT N1
  • 滑らかなめらか

    smooth (of a surface); glassy; velvety; soft

    JLPT N1
  • 滑るすべる

    to slide; to glide; to skate; to ski

    JLPT N4
  • 滑稽こっけい

    funny; comical; humorous; laughable

    JLPT N1
  • 滑走かっそう

    gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); skiing

  • 滑降かっこう

    descent (esp. in skiing); sliding down

  • 潤滑油じゅんかつゆ

    lubricating oil; lubricant; lube

  • 滑走路かっそうろ

    runway; airstrip; landing strip; flight strip

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