Medoru
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忍
JLPT N1 7 strokes Frequency: #1700

Meanings

Endure, Bear, Put Up With, Conceal, Secrete, Spy, Sneak

Radicals

心

Decomposition

⿱刃心

Etymology

Ideographic: A knife 刃 piercing the heart 心; 刃 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
2 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
4 dot bottom-to-top
5 hook bottom-to-top
6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ニン nin
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
しの shino

Words Using This Kanji

86 words total
Other (20 words)
忍びやか しのびやか

stealthy

堪忍袋 かんにんぶくろ

one's store of patience

忍耐強い にんたいづよい

persevering

忍び泣き しのびなき

quiet weeping

忍び音 しのびね

whispering

忍耐力 にんたいりょく

fortitude

忍び声 しのびごえ

whispering

忍び笑い しのびわらい

stifled laugh

残忍性 ざんにんせい

brutal (nature)

忍び入る しのびいる

to steal or sneak or slip into

声を忍ばせて こえをしのばせて

in a subdued voice

忍びがたい しのびがたい

intolerable

忍具 にんぐ

ninja implement (shuriken, etc.)

下忍 げにん

low-ranking ninja

上忍 じょうにん

Ninja clan master

陰忍 いんにん

carrying out covert operations without being seen (of a ninja)

中忍 ちゅうにん

ninja commander

陽忍 ようにん

carrying out operations in the open (of a ninja)

抜け忍 ぬけにん

runaway ninja

堪忍袋の緒が切れる かんにんぶくろのおがきれる

to be out of patience

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