Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

勲: meritorious deed, merit

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

動 carries the meaning · 灬 carries meaning and sound

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

クンkun · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 勲章くんしょうdecoration; order; medal
  • 殊勲しゅくんdistinguished services; meritorious deeds
  • 叙勲じょくんconferring of decorations
  • 文化勲章ぶんかくんしょうOrder of Culture (Japan)
  • 勲記くんきcommendation accompanying the award of a…

Also read いさお, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Learn it 4 steps
Print sheet Present
成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Flex your arm and feel the power! That's 力, representing the raw muscle and effort required to change the world.”
More in the 力 power story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
動

Also built on move (動)

灬

Also built on fire (灬)

All 19

Also read クン

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
勲 meritorious deed · 灬
vs働 work · 亻
勲 has 灬 where 働 has 亻.
In ChineseSimplified 勋 · traditional 勳 · xūn

Three different forms: Japanese 勲, simplified 勋, traditional 勳.

Simplified
勋 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
勳 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin xūn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

One click tells us. No sign-up.