杏
杏 — Apricot
apricot
On’yomiキョウ (kyou)
On’yomiアン (an)
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiあんず (anzu)
Stroke order (7 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 杏
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杏 | あんず anzu | apricot (Prunus armeniaca) |
| 杏林 | きょうりん kyourin | apricot grove; doctor |
Study notes
杏 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2159 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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