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更

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • grow late
  • night watch
  • sit up late
  • of course
  • renew
  • renovate
  • again
  • more and more
  • further

On'yomi (音読み)

  • コウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • さら
  • さら.に
  • ふ.ける
  • ふ.かす
Strokes
7
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#388
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
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Components

Common Words

  • 更こもごもAdverb
    alternately, in succession
  • 変更へんこうNoun
    change, modification, alteration
  • 更新こうしんNoun
    renewal, update, replacement
  • 更迭こうてつNoun
    change (of personnel), reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet), shake-up
  • 更改こうかいNoun
    renewal, extension, revision
  • 更生こうせいNoun
    rehabilitation, remaking one's life, starting life anew
  • 更にさらにAdverb
    furthermore, again, after all
  • 今更いまさらAdverb
    now (when it is already much too late), at this stage

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