Kanken 1

Meaning

Kanji 仞

fathom

fathom

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
はか.る
Onyomi 音読み
ジン
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: (Legal Form)

Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
5
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 7 common entries

Showing 7 of 7 entries that include this kanji.

じん

ren (ancient Chinese measure of height, depth, etc.; between 1-3 meters)

千仞

せんじん

great height

九仞

きゅうじん

great height

壁立千仞

へきりつせんじん

precipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth

万仞

ばんじん

10000 fathoms

九仞の功を一簣に虧く

きゅうじんのこうをいっきにかく

to fail one step short of great success

万仞の谷

ばんじんのたに

bottomless ravine

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

崖の高さは一ほどだ。

The cliff is about one fathom high.

その井戸は二ほどの深さがある。

That well is about two fathoms deep.

古い書物には、城壁は三に達したとある。

An old book says the castle wall reached three fathoms.

船頭は棒で川の深さを測り、五だと言った。

The boatman measured the river with a pole and said it was five fathoms deep.

谷の両側には万の岩壁がそびえていた。

Towering rock walls of immense height rose on both sides of the valley.