Kanji N2

血: blood

血 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning blood, written with 6 strokes. It is read ケツ (on) and ち (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 血 (ち, blood) and 血液 (けつえき, blood).

血

Meanings

  • blood
Strokes6
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#832 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ケツ

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

Kun reading
  • ち

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 血

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

  • 血ち

    blood

    JLPT N4
  • 血液けつえき

    blood

    JLPT N2
  • 血圧けつあつ

    blood pressure

    JLPT N2
  • 輸血ゆけつ

    blood transfusion

    JLPT N2
  • 出血しゅっけつ

    bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleed

    JLPT N1
  • 血管けっかん

    blood vessel; vein

    JLPT N1
  • 混血こんけつ

    mixed race; mixed parentage

    JLPT N1
  • 流血りゅうけつ

    bloodshed

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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.