Kanji N2

述: mention, state, speak

述 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning mention, state, speak, written with 8 strokes. It is read ジュツ (on) and のべる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 述べる (のべる, to state) and 述語 (じゅつご, predicate).

述

Meanings

  • mention
  • state
  • speak
  • relate
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#379 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
  • のべる

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 述

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

  • 述べるのべる

    to state; to express; to say; to tell

    JLPT N3
  • 述語じゅつご

    predicate

    JLPT N2
  • 記述きじゅつ

    description; account

    JLPT N1
  • 口述こうじゅつ

    dictation; verbal statement

    JLPT N1
  • 供述きょうじゅつ

    affidavit; deposition; testimony

  • 陳述ちんじゅつ

    statement; declaration

  • 詳述しょうじゅつ

    detailed explanation

  • 叙述じょじゅつ

    description; account; delineation; narration

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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.