漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
研: polish, study of
Also: sharpen
JLPT N49 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
- 石stone(meaning)
- 开(sound)
石 carries the meaning · 开 gives the sound
9 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ケンken · on'yomi · in compounds
- 研修けんしゅうtraining
- 研究所けんきゅうじょresearch institute
- 研究室けんきゅうしつseminar room, prof's office
- 研摩するけんまするgrind
- 研究するけんきゅうするresearch [ v.t.]
とぐtogu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 研ぐとぐsharpen
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stone + even/aligned (开) = rubbing a blade against a stone until it's perfectly smooth and sharp—just like sharpening one's mind through study.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side研 polish · 开
vs砕 smash · 卆In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 硏 · yán
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 研. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 硏.
- Simplified
- 研 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 硏 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yán 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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