Kanji N2

預: deposit, custody, leave with

預 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning deposit, custody, leave with, written with 13 strokes. It is read ヨ (on) and あずける, あずかる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 預ける (あずける, to leave) and 預かる (あずかる, to look after).

預

Meanings

  • deposit
  • custody
  • leave with
  • entrust to
Strokes13
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#981 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヨ

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

Kun reading
  • あずける
  • あずかる

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 預

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

  • 預けるあずける

    to leave (in someone's keeping)

    JLPT N3
  • 預かるあずかる

    to look after; to take care of; to keep

    JLPT N2
  • 預金よきん

    deposit; bank account

    JLPT N1
  • 預貯金よちょきん

    deposits and savings; bank account

  • 預託よたく

    depositing (of money, valuables, etc.)

  • 定期預金ていきよきん

    term deposit; (fixed) time deposit

  • 預かりあずかり

    safekeeping; temporary custody

  • 普通預金ふつうよきん

    ordinary deposit

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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.