Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji

々: iteration mark, repeats the previous kanji

N4 (our estimate)3 strokesNot jōyōYour ink: 白 Not met
3 strokes

々 has no reading of its own

Words with 々It is read as part of each word.

  • 山々やまやまmountains
  • 人々ひとびとpeople
  • 国々くにぐにcountries
  • 色々いろいろvarious
  • 少々しょうしょうfew, a little, somewhat
  • 我々われわれwe
  • 次々つぎつぎin succession; one by one
  • 日々ひびdaily; everyday
  • 年々ねんねんyear by year; annually; every year
  • 早々そうそうas soon as ...; just after ...
  • 方々かたがたpeople; (all) persons; everyone
  • 数々かずかずmany; numerous; various

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

One theory holds that it is simplified from 仝, a variant of 同 (“same (used as iteration mark)”), written in cursive.

Source: Wiktionary, 々 (rev. 93500435), CC BY-SA 4.0