Kanji N3

術: art, technique, skill

術 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning art, technique, skill, written with 11 strokes. It is read ジュツ (on) and すべ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 手術 (しゅじゅつ, surgery) and 美術館 (びじゅつかん, art museum).

術

Meanings

  • art
  • technique
  • skill
  • means
  • trick
  • resources
  • magic
Strokes11
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#350 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジュツ

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

Kun reading
  • すべ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

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Common words with 術

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

  • 手術しゅじゅつ

    surgery; operation; procedure

    JLPT N3
  • 美術館びじゅつかん

    art museum; art gallery

    JLPT N4
  • 技術ぎじゅつ

    technology; engineering

    JLPT N4
  • 芸術げいじゅつ

    art; the arts

    JLPT N3
  • 美術びじゅつ

    art; fine arts

    JLPT N1
  • 戦術せんじゅつ

    tactics

    JLPT N1
  • 学術がくじゅつ

    science; learning; scholarship

    JLPT N2
  • 技術者ぎじゅつしゃ

    engineer; technical expert; technician

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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.