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暢: stretch

JLPT N114 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

申 and 昜 are drawn in

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 流暢りゅうちょうfluent (in a language); flowing
  • 暢達ちょうたつfluency; facileness

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 暢気のんきeasy; easygoing; carefree

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

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“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
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繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
申

Also built on have the honor to (申)

昜

Also built on 昜

Also read チョウ

39 kanji share this on'yomiAll 39

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
暢 stretch · 申
vs場 location · 土
暢 has 申 where 場 has 土.
In ChineseSimplified 畅 · traditional, as in Japanese · chàng

Japan keeps the traditional form 暢; mainland China simplifies it to 畅.

Simplified
畅 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
暢 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin chàng most common reading

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

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