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俊 — Sagacious

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary school#1007 most used
sagacious, genius, excellence
On’yomiシュン (shun)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (9 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Common words using 俊

WordReadingMeaning
俊足しゅんそく
shunsoku
swiftness of foot; fast runner; swift horse
英俊えいしゅん
eishun
genius; prodigy
俊英しゅんえい
shunei
excellence; genius

Study notes

俊 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1007 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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