ChiramiN5 kanji · 2 strokes
入 means enter
入
入Memory trick
Like 人 (person), but leaning in to step through a door: enter.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- enter, insert
- JLPT level
- N5
- Strokes
- 2
- School grade
- Grade 1 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) いる iru
いる (iru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: いれる ireru, はいる hairu
From Chinese (onyomi) ニュウ nyuu
ニュウ (nyuu) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ジュ ju
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Common word
入る はいる · hairu
to enter, to come in
Quick check
What does 入 mean?
Right: 入 means enter.Not quite: 入 means enter.In 入る, which reading does 入 use?
Right. 入る is read はいる (hairu): 入 takes はい, its Japanese reading, with る after it.Not quite. 入る is read はいる (hairu): 入 takes はい, its Japanese reading, with る after it.