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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji
    3. 之

    之

    之の

    of

    N1KMT8Freq #1318Core ConceptsKanji3 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    のこれゆくこの

    On'yomi

    シ

    Nanori

    ゆきいたるあきつなゆみくにのぶひさひで

    ofthis

    亠

    丶
    亠

    Stroke 0 / 3

    Speed1.0x

    乏主叉裁於勺就蹴丶

    Concepts using this kanji

    加之

    not only ... but also

    実業之日本社

    Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. (name of a publishing company)

    之字運動

    zig-zag motion (esp. warship)

    山之内製薬

    Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical (now Astellas Pharma)

    長之助草

    mountain avens (Dryas octopetala)

    雄之万年草

    needle stonecrop (Sedum lineare)

    合点承知之助

    got it

    遅かりし由良之助

    to let a chance to do something slip through one's fingers

    須佐之男

    Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)

    美之主貝

    Mercenaria stimpsoni (species of Venus clam)

    須佐之男命

    Susanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)

    火之夜芸速男神

    Kagutsuchi

    隠熊之実

    Ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)

    匪石之心

    steadfastness

    断じて行えば鬼神も之を避く

    where there's a will, there's a way

    始馭天下之天皇

    first emperor to rule the land (title bestowed upon Emperor Jimmu on his coronation)

    燃犀之明

    extraordinary perceptiveness

    西之島箒蟹

    Xenograpsus novaeinsularis (crab species)

    之繞を掛ける

    to exaggerate

    之繞

    kanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162)

    眼鏡黐之魚

    humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)

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    • 丶
    • 亠

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    • 之繞
    • 隠熊之実
    • 遅かりし由良之助
    • 断じて行えば鬼神も之を避く
    • 之繞を掛ける
    • 雄之万年草
    • 須佐之男
    • 加之
    • 火之夜芸速男神
    • 美之主貝
    • 眼鏡黐之魚
    • 長之助草
    • 匪石之心
    • 合点承知之助
    • 之字運動
    • 須佐之男命
    • 始馭天下之天皇
    • 燃犀之明
    • 西之島箒蟹
    • 山之内製薬
    • 実業之日本社

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