Kanji N3

等: etc., and so forth, class (first)

等 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning etc., and so forth, class (first), written with 12 strokes. It is read トウ (on) and ひとしい, など (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 平等 (びょうどう, equality) and 高等学校 (こうとうがっこう, senior high school).

等

Meanings

  • etc.
  • and so forth
  • class (first)
  • quality
  • equal
  • similar
Strokes12
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#798 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • トウ

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

Kun reading
  • ひとしい
  • など
  • -ら

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 等

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

  • 平等びょうどう

    equality; impartiality; evenness

    JLPT N3
  • 高等学校こうとうがっこう

    senior high school; high school

    JLPT N4
  • 等など

    et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

    JLPT N5
  • これ等これら

    these

    JLPT N3
  • 等しいひとしい

    equal; identical; the same

    JLPT N3
  • 上等じょうとう

    superior; first-class; excellent; top quality

    JLPT N3
  • 高等こうとう

    high class; high grade

    JLPT N2
  • 対等たいとう

    equality (esp. of status); equal footing

    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; 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.