敏
敏 — Cleverness
cleverness, agile, alert
On’yomiビン (bin)
Kun’yomiさとい (satoi)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 敏
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敏感 | びんかん binkan | sensitive; alert; aware |
| 過敏 | かびん kabin | nervousness; oversensitivity |
| 機敏 | きびん kibin | quick; prompt; alert |
| 鋭敏 | えいびん eibin | sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute |
| 敏速 | びんそく binsoku | quickness; agility; activity |
| 敏腕 | びんわん binwan | ability; capability; competence |
Study notes
敏 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1042 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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